Asia-Pacific markets trade mixed as investors assess latest U.S.-Iran signals

asia-pacific markets were mixed tuesday as traders weighed new signals from us-iran talks. the white house confirmed trump met with his national security team monday to discuss iran's reported offer to reopen the strait of hormuz, contingent on the us lifting its blockade and ending the conflict. press secretary karoline leavitt confirmed the meeting but didn't say if trump would consider the proposal — he's previously said sanctions relief only comes once a deal is "100% complete." japan's nikkei 225 fell 0.49% after monday's record high, while the topix edged up 0.23%. south korea's kospi rose over 1% to a fresh record, but the kosdaq dropped 0.92%. australia's s&p/asx 200 lost 0.58%. hong kong's hang seng fell 0.48%, and the csi 300 declined 0.22%. chinese optical computing firm lightelligence surged over 380% on its debut, after selling 13.8 million shares at hk$183.20 each, raising about hk$2.53 billion ($323 million). contemporary amperex technology fell 7% after kicking off a roughly $5 billion share offering in hong kong. us futures edged higher — dow futures up 0.12%, s&p 500 futures up 0.14%, nasdaq 100 futures up 0.15%. overnight, the s&p 500 closed at a record 7,173.91 and the nasdaq at 24,887.10, but gains were limited as stalled iran talks pushed oil higher. the dow fell 62.92 points to 49,167.79.