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In Asia, Japanese equities are taking a hard hit in Thursday's session, with the Nikkei two twenty-five falling well below the sixty-nine thousand five hundred level. Technology stocks are leading the decline, and the selling follows broadly negative overnight cues out of Wall Street, snapping a three-session winning streak in a single move.
Staying in the region, Thailand's Stock Exchange is also under pressure, sitting just beneath the fifteen hundred ninety level after snapping its own two-day rally on Wednesday. The bourse had climbed nearly fifty points over that winning run, but momentum has stalled and traders are bracing for another red open on Thursday, suggesting the broader risk-off tone in Asia is not isolated.
Turning to Washington, Melania Trump's financial disclosure for two thousand twenty six reveals nearly seventeen million dollars in total earnings, with six million coming from NFT sales alone. That figure represents a twenty-eight times increase over the prior year. The filing also shows over ten point seven million tied to a film project, underscoring how significantly the digital asset category has grown as an income stream for the First Family.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
