{"id":19087,"date":"2025-03-24T07:41:45","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/?p=19087"},"modified":"2025-03-24T07:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T07:41:45","slug":"nikkei-225-dips-trump-tariffs-weigh-on-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/analysis\/nikkei-225-dips-trump-tariffs-weigh-on-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkei 225 Dips, Trump Tariffs Weigh on Sentiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"559\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/download-42-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19088\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nikkei 225 drops <strong>0.18<\/strong>%, closing at <strong>37,608<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump&#8217;s looming tariff deadline impacts sentiment.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Japan&#8217;s private sector contracts, with manufacturing downturn.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Index heavyweights such as Mitsubishi Heavy and Mitsubishi UFJ saw notable declines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Nikkei 225 Continues Downtrend Amid Trade War Concerns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Nikkei 225 Index fell 0.18<\/strong>%, closing at <strong>37,608<\/strong>, marking the <strong>third consecutive day of losses<\/strong>. Sentiment remains clouded as investors keep an eye on US President Trump&#8217;s April 2 deadline for reciprocal tariffs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">US President Donald Trump said he has no intention of creating exemptions on steel and aluminum tariffs and said reciprocal and sectoral tariffs will be imposed on April 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/PNm463MRwR\">https:\/\/t.co\/PNm463MRwR<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1901520870495105070?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/trump-just-ordered-the-attorney-general-to-report-frivolous-lawsuits-against-his-administration-so-he-can-consider-executive-actions-against-firms-read-the-memo\/ar-AA1BqqXS?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">Trump\u2019s Friday remarks<\/a> introduced some uncertainty, with reports suggesting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2025-03-23\/trump-said-to-plan-narrower-scope-for-tariffs\">tariffs could be narrower<\/a> than initially planned, sparking hopes of reduced trade tensions. However, concerns still linger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Japan&#8217;s Economic Slowdown Weighs on Market<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/asia\/japans-factory-activity-declines-accelerate-services-sag-pmi-shows-2025-03-24\/?utm_source=chatgpt.com\">local economic news<\/a>, Japan&#8217;s private sector activity contracted for the first time in five months, with manufacturing extending its nine-month downturn. Services activity also turned negative, contributing to the broader market weakness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several index heavyweights saw notable declines, including <strong>Mitsubishi Heavy, down 2.2<\/strong>%, <strong>Mitsubishi UFJ, which fell 2<\/strong>%, and <strong>Disco Corp, which slid 1.7<\/strong>%. These losses contributed to the overall negative market sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Technical Outlook<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/24.3_1-1024x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19089\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Picture: Nikkei 225 tests resistance at 37,845.65 after a rise from 37,353.15, as seen on the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/vtmarketsapp.onelink.me\/CD7D\/240525WA\">VT Markets app<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Nikkei 225<\/strong> increased by <strong>0.01<\/strong>%, closing at <strong>37,685.15 <\/strong>after opening at <strong>37,681.50<\/strong>. The session saw a sharp rise, reaching a high of <strong>37,845.65 <\/strong>before retracing slightly to close near <strong>37,685.15<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moving averages (MA 5,10,30) show bullish momentum, with the short-term MAs crossing above the longer-term moving averages. This indicates an ongoing upward price trend. The MACD (12,26,9) shows a shift towards neutral momentum, as the histogram is narrowing and the MACD line (blue) is approaching the signal line (yellow), suggesting that bullish momentum may be losing strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key levels to monitor include <strong>37,845.65 <\/strong>as immediate resistance and <strong>37,353.15 <\/strong>as key support. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nikkei 225 <strong>continues to face downward pressure from global trade tensions and domestic economic weakness<\/strong>. A cautious market awaits Trump\u2019s tariff announcement, while Japan&#8217;s sluggish growth adds further uncertainty. With technical support around <strong>37,600<\/strong>, a break lower could see further declines, but any reduction in tariff scope or stronger economic data may provide a temporary boost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/trade-now\/\">Create your live VT Markets account<\/a><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.vtmarkets.com\/login\">start trading<\/a><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;now.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/#facebook\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikkei 225 drops 0.18% amid trade war uncertainty, Japan\u2019s economic slowdown, and tariff concerns, with index heavyweights declining. -vtmarkets.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":19088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[11,30,45],"class_list":["post-19087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-indices","tag-nikkei","tag-yen"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}