ClickOnDetroit · October 14, 2026

Nikkei 225 Gains 0.6% and Kospi Rises 2.0% in Early Wednesday Trading in Asia; S&P 500 Edges Down Less Than 0.1% on Tuesday

• Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.6% to 68,193.13 in early Wednesday trading, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.7% to 8,723.40, and South Korea's Kospi rose 2.0%, according to the Associated Press report.
• Hong Kong's Hang Seng gained 0.1% to 24,377.61, and the Shanghai Composite was virtually unchanged at 3,801.13, according to the report.
• The S&P 500 edged down by less than 0.1% on Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 180 points, or 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite dipped 0.2%, according to the report.
• Analysts forecast overall profit growth of nearly 30% for S&P 500 companies for the summer quarter from a year earlier, according to FactSet data cited in the report.

Index figures as reported by the Associated Press; forecast via FactSet, cited in the original report. Original headline: "Asian shares trade mixed after US stocks edge back from their record after profit reports".