Japanese and South Korean Stock Markets Retreat, KOSPI Falls by Nearly 4.5%

BlockBeats News, April 2nd: Trump's speech pushed up oil prices and dashed hopes for interest rate cuts, causing another shock to the global market, with the Japanese and South Korean stock markets experiencing a pullback. The Nikkei 225 index fell 1276.41 points at the Thursday close, down 2.38%, to 52463.27 points. The South Korean KOSPI index closed down 244.91 points, a decrease of 4.47%, to 5233.79 points. (FXStreet)