40-year-old JGB return hits record height high

The markets in the Asian-Pacific region mainly climbed on Monday, and investors were precisely on Chinese stocks.

The CSI 300 from mainland China fell by 0.27% in chopped trade, while the Hong Kong Hang Seng Index rose by 0.99%.

The Chinese government announced a “special action plan to increase consumption” on Sunday in order to revive consumption by increasing people's income. Further measures include plans for stabilizing the stock and real estate market and increasing the country's birth rate.

In the January February period, the retail turnover of China rose by 4.0% of the growth of 3.7% in December in the year and in accordance with the estimates by Reuters. In the meantime, urban investments in the country in January February period increased by 4.1% compared to the previous year and exceeded the 3.6% forecast by Reuters.

In Japan, the Benchmark Nikkei 225 ended the day by 0.93% with 37,396.52, while the wider Topix index rose by 1.19% and at 2,748.12.

The returns for 40 years of Japanese government bonds (JGBS) rose by seven basic points to achieve a record high of 3.007%. In the meantime, the returns for 30-year-old JGBs rose slightly to a 19-year high of 2.635%.

In South Korea, the Kospi index rose by 1.73% to 2,610.69, while the Small Cap-Kosdaq had 1.26% to 743.51.

India's benchmark Nifty 50 ticked 0.32%, while the Sensex BSE rose by 0.49%.

Australia S&P/ASX 200 ended the day 0.83% higher at 7,854.10.

The US Futures fell in Wall Street after they ended in negative areas on the back of new tariff threats from Trump last week.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose on Friday by 674.62 points or 1.65%to 41,488.19. The S&P 500 rose by 2.13% to 5,638.94 and the Nasdaq Composite rose by 2.61% to 17,754.09. It was the best day in 2025 for both the S&P 500 and for the Nasdaq.

Big Tech shares that were folded at the beginning of this week recorded a sharp relaxation on Friday. Nvidia shares appeared more than 5%. Tesla rose by almost 4%and the META platforms 3%. Amazon and Apple also rose.

– Lisa Kailai Han and Alex Harring from CNBC contributed to this report.