🌅 Morning Market Update | 18 April 2025 📈 Asia mostly in the green this Friday: 🇯🇵 Nikkei 225 +0.6% → 34,583.29 🇰🇷 Kospi +0.3% → 2,478.39 🇹🇼 Taiex +0.8% 🚀 on tech gains after TSMC met earnings expectations 🇨🇳 Shanghai Composite -0.3% 📉 — the only major market in the red Note: Many markets still closed for Easter holidays 🐣 🥘 Japan’s core inflation hit 3.2% in March, up from 3% in February. This marks three years above the BOJ’s 2% target 📊 — just ahead of next week’s policy decision. 🇺🇸 Trump on tariffs: 🗣️ “I don’t want them to go higher...” Markets hear a softer tone after the April 2 tariffs caused turbulence. But 145% duties on Chinese imports remain in place. 📺 Netflix smashes Q1 expectations: 💰 Revenue: $10.54B (+13% YoY) 📈 EPS: $6.61 Guidance for Q2 also beats forecasts! 🔼 Stock up 9.2% YTD, outperforming Big Tech laggards like Apple, Amazon & Alphabet. 🇮🇩 Indonesia’s tariff strategy: Plans to boost U.S. imports by $19B (incl. $10B in energy) to avoid 32% tariffs. Includes more 🇺🇸 agri & capital goods. 🛢️ Oil rebounds: WTI +$2.18 → $64.01 Brent +$2.11 → $67.96 Energy stocks on fire 🔥: Diamondback +5.7% Halliburton +5.1% ⛔ Markets paused for Easter weekend. 🚢 USTR revises ship fees: Lighter touch this time — exemptions for U.S. carriers & phased-in fees ease industry fears. Previous plan threatened fees up to $1.5M per call 😳 ✈️ Boeing in the crosshairs: A 737 MAX returned to the U.S. after arrival in Shanghai 🇨🇳 — hinting at delivery issues as trade tensions rise. Four more planes stuck at Zhoushan facility.