A display screen shows Nikkei 225 Inventory Common contained in the Kabuto One constructing in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Feb. 9, 2026. Japanese shares surged to contemporary document highs, whereas bonds dropped, after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s Liberal Democratic Occasion secured a landslide victory. Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg through Getty Pictures
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Asia-Pacific markets opened blended Monday as traders assess elevated oil costs and the newest developments within the escalating U.S.-Iran battle.
U.S. crude costs topped $100 per barrel because the Trump administration weighs navy strikes on Tehran’s Kharg Island, a strategically very important hub sometimes called Iran’s “oil lifeline.”
U.S. crude oil was buying and selling flat at $98.7 per barrel by 8:10 p.m. ET. Brent costs, the worldwide benchmark, had been up 0.48% to $103.7 per barrel.
President Donald Trump on Friday ordered strikes towards Iranian navy belongings on Kharg Island and warned of additional assaults on crude amenities situated there. Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, repeated the warning Sunday.
Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.31% in early commerce.
Japan’s Nikkei 225 slid 0.12%, whereas the Topix declined 0.11%. South Korea’s Kospi added 0.95%, whereas the Kosdaq traded flat.
Hong Kong’s Hold Seng index was set to open greater, with the futures contract at 25,481, in contrast with the index’s final shut of 25,465.6.
Goldman Sachs estimates that the surge in power costs stemming from the warfare in Iran may shave about 0.3% off world GDP over the subsequent 12 months, whereas pushing headline inflation greater by roughly 0.5% to 0.6%.
Larger pure fuel costs are anticipated so as to add additional inflationary stress and development headwinds, significantly in Europe and Asia, with dangers skewed towards bigger impacts if the Strait of Hormuz stays closed, the financial institution wrote in a notice on Sunday.
Inventory futures rose barely as Wall Road tried to get well from one other dropping week.
Dow Jones Industrial Common futures added 153 factors, or 0.3%. S&P 500 futures rose 0.3% and Nasdaq-100 futures gained 0.3%.
Final Friday, the three main U.S. averages fell. The S&P 500 shed 0.61%, placing it 5% beneath its current excessive and shutting at 6,632.19. The Nasdaq Composite declined 0.93% to finish at 22,105.36. The Dow Jones Industrial Common shed 119.38 factors, or 0.26%, and settled at 46,558.47.
— CNBC’s Sean Conlon and Pia Singh contributed to the report.
