{"id":19298,"date":"2025-03-26T07:22:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/?p=19298"},"modified":"2025-03-26T07:22:18","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T07:22:18","slug":"nikkei-225-rise-amid-tariff-concerns-and-economic-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/analysis\/nikkei-225-rise-amid-tariff-concerns-and-economic-outlook\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkei 225 Rise Amid Tariff Concerns and Economic Outlook"},"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\/yen10-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17048\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Nikkei 225 closes at <strong>38,063.92<\/strong>, up <strong>373 points<\/strong> or <strong>0.99%<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tariff concerns impact overall market, but gain seen in key sectors.<\/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 Shows Resilience Amidst Global Concerns<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Nikkei 225<\/strong> rose by <strong>373 points<\/strong>, or <strong>0.99%<\/strong>, closing at <strong>38,063.92<\/strong> on Wednesday. The index\u2019s movement was supported by optimism over the possible narrowing of tariff measures by U.S. President Donald Trump, who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/money\/markets\/trump-hints-at-flexibility-for-china-even-as-he-plows-ahead-with-global-tariff-plans\/ar-AA1BtSQh?ocid=BingNewsSerp\">hinted on Friday at some &#8220;flexibility&#8221;<\/a> in the tariff plan. <\/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\">Trump said he plans to limit exceptions to his tariff push, the latest cryptic hint about a planned April 2 announcement <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gMbPjtrSuI\">https:\/\/t.co\/gMbPjtrSuI<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1904714249395454359?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This helped lift sentiment in Tokyo&#8217;s market despite the broader uncertainty regarding trade policies. The Nikkei index reached a high of <strong>38,228.92<\/strong> earlier in the day but experienced slight cooling towards the end of the session.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Sectoral Movements and Market Drivers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In terms of sector performance, notable gainers included <strong>Sumitomo Metal Mining<\/strong>, which saw a rise of <strong>5.60%<\/strong>, <strong>Konica Minolta<\/strong>, up <strong>5.34%<\/strong>, and <strong>Mitsui Mining &amp; Smelting<\/strong>, which advanced <strong>4.55%<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the downside, major declines were seen in <strong>Keisei Electric Railway<\/strong> (-3.73%), <strong>Mitsubishi Heavy Industries<\/strong> (-2.71%), and <strong>Japan Steel Works<\/strong> (-2.67%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These movements were driven by both <strong>external<\/strong> and <strong>internal factors<\/strong>\u2014specifically, <strong>tariff uncertainties<\/strong> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/asia\/japans-factory-activity-declines-accelerate-services-sag-pmi-shows-2025-03-24\/\"><strong>concerns about a slowdown in Japan&#8217;s economic growth<\/strong><\/a>, particularly in the manufacturing sector. However, reports suggesting that U.S. tariffs could be more targeted helped calm some nerves, allowing some sectors to rise.<\/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 decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/27\/2026\/03\/1_2-1024x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19301\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Picture: Nikkei 225 tests resistance at 38,228.92 after a slight pullback from 38,079.50, as seen on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/vtmarketsapp.onelink.me\/CD7D\/240525WA\">VT Markets app<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nikkei 225<\/strong> decreased slightly by <strong>0.04<\/strong>%, closing at <strong>38,063.92 <\/strong>after opening at <strong>38,079.50<\/strong>. The session saw an early rise, reaching a high of <strong>38,228.92 <\/strong>before retracing, with price action finding support near <strong>38,000<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The moving averages (MA 5,10,30) indicate bullish momentum, with short-term MAs remaining above longer-term averages, suggesting a continuation of upward movement. The MACD (12,26,9) shows a shift toward a more neutral stance, as the histogram narrows, and the MACD line (blue) approaches the signal line (yellow), indicating that the bullish momentum may be losing strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key levels to monitor include <strong>38,071.62 <\/strong>as immediate support and <strong>38,228.92 <\/strong>as resistance. A break above resistance could signal further upside momentum, while a drop below support could suggest a potential shift to a bearish bias.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the ongoing global trade concerns and the recent tariff news, the <strong>Nikkei 225<\/strong> is likely to see continued volatility. While sentiment improved slightly with the hints at a more flexible tariff plan, concerns over Japan\u2019s internal economic performance\u2014especially in manufacturing\u2014remain a limiting factor for the broader market.<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nikkei 225 rises 0.99%, closing at 38,063.92 amid hopes for flexible tariffs. Top gainers include Sumitomo Metal Mining, while Mitsubishi Heavy drops. -vtmarkets.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":17048,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[11,45],"class_list":["post-19298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-indices","tag-yen"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19298","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=19298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}