# Nikkei and Kospi fall as investors watch Iran-US talks 2026-08-06T02:25:12+00:00 | India | Indian Opinion Desk South Korea's Kospi fell 2.05% and Japan's Nikkei 225 dropped 1.46% on Thursday, while Australia's ASX 200 rose 0.64% against the regional trend, according to NDTV Profit, as investors weighed progress toward a possible Iran-US agreement over the Strait of Hormuz. Iran said it had reached an understanding with Oman on a shipping route through the waterway, a step that raised hopes energy shipments could gradually increase. Brent crude traded near $79 a barrel and West Texas Intermediate near $75, both benchmarks down roughly 11% over the first three sessions of the week. Wall Street's overnight lead was mixed: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 263.24 points, or 0.49%, to a record high and a fifth straight session of gains, the S&P 500 slipped 0.17% after four sessions of advances, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.83%. Futures pointed to a firmer open, with Dow futures up 92 points and S&P 500 futures up 0.2% ahead of a fresh round of corporate earnings. ## Indian Opinion Analysis NDTV Profit ties the regional declines to Strait of Hormuz developments without separating how much of the Kospi and Nikkei moves came from that story rather than the mixed signals out of Wall Street or company-specific earnings that day. Thursday's precise index moves and oil prices are a snapshot already overtaken by later trading sessions, so they stand as a record of that day rather than a live market read. Two items point forward from here: whether the Iran-Oman shipping understanding for the Strait of Hormuz firms into a wider agreement, and the fresh batch of corporate earnings investors were awaiting when markets closed. ## Coverage - www.ndtvprofit.com Tags: Kospi, Nikkei Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/asian-stock-markets-today-nikkei-kospi-fall-as-investors-track-iran-u-s-talks/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/asian-stock-markets-today-nikkei-kospi-fall-as-investors-track-iran-u-s-talks/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes.