Boxing – Finance News Today https://financenews.one Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:31:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://financenews.one/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-marketnewsjournal-1-32x32.png Boxing – Finance News Today https://financenews.one 32 32 Boxing Day holiday, Nikkei 225, Kospi, CSI 300 https://financenews.one/2025/12/25/boxing-day-holiday-nikkei-225-kospi-csi-300/ Fri, 26 Dec 2025 00:31:26 +0000 https://financenews.one/2025/12/25/boxing-day-holiday-nikkei-225-kospi-csi-300/ TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s core consumer price index climbed by 3.3% in June, outpacing the US figure for the first time in eight years as the Bank of Japan holds its monetary policy meeting on July 27 and […]]]>


TOKYO, JAPAN – JULY 27: Pedestrians and shoppers walk through the Akihabara area on July 27, 2023 in Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s core consumer price index climbed by 3.3% in June, outpacing the US figure for the first time in eight years as the Bank of Japan holds its monetary policy meeting on July 27 and 28. (Photo by Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

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Asia-Pacific markets opened higher Friday, with several exchanges in the region closed for the Boxing Day holiday.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rose 0.47%, while the Topix was up 0.27%.

Core consumer prices in the country’s capital Tokyo rose 2.3% in December from a year earlier, according to government data Friday. The core CPI, which strips out volatile fresh food costs, remained above the Bank of Japan’s 2% target, reinforcing the case for more interest rate hikes.

The latest reading was below the 2.5% rise expected by economists polled by Reuters and the 2.8% increase in November. Tokyo’s inflation numbers are widely considered to be a leading indicator of nationwide trends.

South Korea’s Kospi index added 0.53%, and the small-cap Kosdaq advanced 0.42%.

Australia and Hong Kong markets were closed for the holiday.

U.S. equity futures ticked slightly higher in early Asian hours, after the S&P 500 closed at a new record for the second straight day on Wednesday stateside.

The broad market index advanced 0.32%, ending the session at 6,932.05. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 288.75 points, or 0.60%, and also posted a closing record of 48,731.16. The Nasdaq Composite advanced 0.22% and settled at 23,613.31.

— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.



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