Asia-Pacific markets jump as Trump tariff pause boosts investor sentiment

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Asia-Pacific markets rose Tuesday after Donald Trump paused tariffs on Mexico for a month, while Canada also said the U.S. president had put on hold proposed tariffs on its exports.

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 was trading 1.15% higher, while the broader Topix index advanced 1.06%.

South Korea’s Kospi rose 1.52% while the small-cap Kosdaq gained 3.09%.

Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index was trading up 2%.

Over in Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 was up 0.2%.

Indian stocks started the day higher, with the benchmark Nifty 50 up 0.62% while the BSE Sensex index rose 0.58%.

Chinese markets remain closed for the Lunar New Year holiday.

Overnight in the U.S., stocks traded down following Trump’s decision to pause tariffs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average recovered from steep losses during. The 30-stock index was down 122.75 points, or 0.28%, to close at 44,421.91. At its lows of the day, the Dow was down 665.6 points, or 1.5%.

The S&P 500 slid 0.76% to 5,994.57, while the Nasdaq Composite slumped 1.2% to 19,391.96.

— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to this report.

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