U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi (R) hold up signed documents for a critical minerals/rare earth deal with Japan during a meeting at Akasaka Palace on October 28, 2025 in Tokyo, Japan. Trump is on a visit to Asia that takes in the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, followed by a trip to Japan and South Korea ahead of the APEC meetings.
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Asia markets were broadly lower Tuesday as investors digested a new rare earths framework signed by U.S. President Donald Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, tempering gains from Wall Street’s record highs.
Trump met Japan’s Emperor Naruhito after arriving in Tokyo on Monday and was the first foreign leader to hold talks with Takaichi since she took office.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 retreated from its record high on Tuesday, falling 0.58% to 50,219.18, while the broad-based Topix was down 1.18% and closed at 3,285.87.
Other Asia-Pacific markets were more mixed, despite gains on Wall Street that sent all three major U.S. indexes record closing highs.
South Korea’s Kospi also fell from its record high on Monday, dropping 0.8% to close at 4,010.41.
The small-cap Kosdaq inched up marginally, ending the day at 903.3, its highest level since April 2024.
South Korea also reported its third-quarter GDP numbers, which beat expectations and marked its fastest pace of expansion in over a year.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 dipped 0.48% to close at 9,012.5.
Hong Kong Hang Seng index was 0.33% down and finished at 26,346.14, while mainland China’s CSI 300 also lost 0.51% to close at 4,691.97, ending a three-day winning streak.
China’s Sany Heavy Industry traded flat on its Hong Kong trading debut Tuesday after raising HKD$12.36 billion ($1.59 billion) in one of the city’s largest listings this year.
Overnight in the U.S., the S&P 500 climbed 1.23% to 6,875.16, its first close ever above the 6,800 level.
The Nasdaq Composite rallied 1.86% to 23,637.46, bolstered by a rise in Nvidia and other chip stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 337.47 points, or 0.71% to 47,544.59.
Key market catalysts loom ahead this week, including Big Tech earnings, a Federal Reserve rate decision and a potential China trade deal.
— CNBC’s John Melloy, Sean Conlon and Liz Napolitano contributed to this report.
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