{"id":74625,"date":"2026-05-28T17:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/?p=74625"},"modified":"2026-05-28T17:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T07:55:10","slug":"thursday-28th-may-2026-asia-markets-slip-as-mixed-iran-u-s-signals-weigh-on-investor-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/thursday-28th-may-2026-asia-markets-slip-as-mixed-iran-u-s-signals-weigh-on-investor-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 28th May 2026: Asia Markets Slip as Mixed Iran-U.S. Signals Weigh on Investor Sentiment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down 1.55%, Shanghai Composite down 1.14% Hang Seng down 2.45% ASX down 1.71%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $4,401.37 (-1.78%) Silver at $72.385 (-3.34%), Brent Oil at $95.74 (3.76%), WTI Oil at $92.26 (4.06%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.530, UK 10-year yield at 4.8610, Germany 10-year yield at 2.9843<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(USD) CB Consumer Confidence&nbsp; 93.1&nbsp; to 91.9 &nbsp; expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asia-Pacific markets opened lower on Thursday as investors weighed mixed signals surrounding ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Iran, despite a fragile ceasefire remaining in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said discussions with Tehran had shown some progress and stressed that Washington would give diplomacy \u201cevery chance to succeed.\u201d However, President Donald Trump reiterated that the U.S. would not allow Iran to control the strategically important Strait of Hormuz under any agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Conflicting reports over the status of a possible understanding between the two nations added to market uncertainty. Reuters reported, citing Iranian state media, that Tehran had agreed to restore commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz to prewar levels within a month of reaching a deal with Washington. The White House later dismissed the report, calling claims of a memorandum of understanding \u201ca complete fabrication.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oil prices moved higher amid the uncertainty. West Texas Intermediate crude futures for July gained 1.66% to $90.15 per barrel, while Brent crude futures rose 2.03% to $96.20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regional equities were mostly lower. South Korea\u2019s Kospi fell 0.36%, while the Kosdaq dropped 2.61%. Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 was slightly lower, and the Topix declined 0.23%. Australia\u2019s S&amp;P\/ASX 200 slipped 0.79%, while Hong Kong\u2019s Hang Seng and China\u2019s CSI 300 also declined.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:<br \/><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12:15 PM GMT &#8211; USD ADP Weekly Employment Change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asia-Pacific markets opened lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":74104,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74625"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74626,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74625\/revisions\/74626"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets-vnl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}