Japan Market Daily | Kabutaro & Friends

On June 14, 2026, while major financial markets were closed for Sunday, the positive sentiment from the previous week's risk-on rally continued, driven by optimism over U.S.-Iran peace talks. In recent trading sessions, the Nikkei 225 closed at 66,020.04 yen, while on Wall Street, the S&P 500 settled at 7,431.46 and the Dow Jones at 51,202 dollars, showing clear tech-led short covering as geopolitical risks eased. In the FX market, the USD/JPY cross hovered around 160.23 yen, with the U.S. 10-year Treasury yield at 4.489 percent and the 10-year JGB yield at 2.637 percent, maintaining a weak-yen tone ahead of the two-day BOJ monetary policy meeting starting tomorrow. In commodities, WTI crude futures plummeted to 84.88 dollars per barrel as supply anxieties cooled. Geopolitically, the UK and Japanese prime ministers held a summit, announcing an agreement on economic security and a massive investment package worth approximately 18 billion pounds.