{"id":21203,"date":"2025-04-25T04:06:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/?p=21203"},"modified":"2025-04-25T04:06:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T04:06:35","slug":"nikkei-225-climbs-as-tech-surge-yen-weakness-offset-trade-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/analysis\/nikkei-225-climbs-as-tech-surge-yen-weakness-offset-trade-tensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Nikkei 225 Climbs as Tech Surge, Yen Weakness Offset Trade Tensions"},"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-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/download-4-1-1024x559.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17304\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Key Points:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nikkei 225 rose 1.4%<\/strong> to <strong>35,518.96<\/strong> intraday; poised for a <strong>2.2% weekly gain<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Topix index up 1.08%<\/strong>, eyeing a <strong>2.35% weekly advance<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>USD\/JPY at 142.94<\/strong>, down 0.23%, as currency risks eased after U.S.\u2013Japan finance talks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p>After a choppy midweek session, the <strong>Nikkei 225 rallied<\/strong> on Friday, driven by renewed confidence in Japan\u2019s tech sector and the easing of currency-related anxieties. The index touched a high of <strong>35,639.13<\/strong> before closing slightly softer at <strong>35,534.13<\/strong>, still marking a strong weekly performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sentiment improved as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c86jyw5jp6go\">President Trump softened his rhetoric on tariffs<\/a><\/strong>, calling the current trade standoff \u201cunsustainable.\u201d Though <strong>China denied recent U.S. claims of resumed dialogue<\/strong>, traders shifted focus to corporate earnings and semiconductor outlooks.<\/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\">Japan intends to push back against any US effort to bring it into an economic bloc aligned against China because of the importance of Tokyo\u2019s trade ties with Beijing, sources say  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SeeiW17SYG\">https:\/\/t.co\/SeeiW17SYG<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Bloomberg (@business) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/business\/status\/1915367697782579432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f0PccWY5jY\">yen\u2019s pullback from a seven-month high<\/a><\/strong> also bolstered export-heavy sectors, with traders taking comfort in Japan\u2019s finance ministry maintaining an open\u2014but <strong>non-committal\u2014dialogue with the U.S. Treasury<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-medium-font-size\">Technical Analysis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Nikkei225<\/strong> rebounded sharply from the intraday low of <strong>34,749.13<\/strong>, carving out a strong recovery trajectory into <strong>25 April<\/strong>. Price action reclaimed the <strong>30-period moving average<\/strong>, with successive green candles forming a stair-stepping uptrend toward <strong>35,639.13<\/strong>, the current resistance zone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2026\/03\/image-30-1024x442.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21204\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em>Picture: Nikkei claws back from the dip, reclaiming structure above key moving averages as bulls eye the 36,000 zone, seen on the <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/vtmarketsapp.onelink.me\/CD7D\/240525WA\">VT Markets app<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite facing slight rejection at the highs, the <strong>MACD histogram remains above the zero line<\/strong>, while the MACD and signal lines are still in a positive crossover state\u2014<strong>a sign of underlying bullish momentum<\/strong>. The <strong>5 and 10 MA<\/strong> are aligned above the 30 MA, supporting short-term trend strength.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key support rests near <strong>35,200<\/strong>, and a confirmed break above <strong>35,650<\/strong> may open room toward the next psychological target at <strong>36,000<\/strong>. Sideways movement in recent candles suggests the index is pausing, not reversing\u2014<strong>a continuation move may follow<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/trade-now\/\">Create your live VT Markets account<\/a><\/strong><strong> and <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.vtmarkets.com\/login?_gl=1*1azgbap*_gcl_au*NjE5NTE3MjY4LjE3NDQ2MDA3NDI.*_ga*MTY4OTgwNTU5Mi4xNzM2NzQ2MTgy*_ga_J26NL1ZVX7*czE3NDQ5NDQ0NTYkbzEyMCRnMCR0MTc0NDk0NDQ1NiRqNjAkbDAkaDA.\">start trading<\/a><\/strong><strong> now.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japan\u2019s benchmark equity index rebounded to fresh highs on Friday, as a softer U.S. trade stance and easing yen lifted sentiment across tech and chip-related stocks. &#8211; vtmarkets.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":17304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[11,30],"class_list":["post-21203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-analysis","tag-indices","tag-nikkei"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}