In today’s briefing:
- A Potential Merger Between Honda and Nissan – Impact on Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp
- HSI, Nikkei 225, NIFTY 50, Kospi 200, ASX 200, CSI 300: Year-End Trends and Holiday Market Moves!

A Potential Merger Between Honda and Nissan – Impact on Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp
- A potential merger between Nissan Motor and Honda Motor would create the third largest auto group in the world.
- If this merger is successful, it could have a short term positive impact on Hyundai Motor since it could result in a reduction of overlapping sales/marketing and production of Nissan.
- However, a merger of Honda and Nissan could negatively impact Hyundai Motor over the long term because the merged entity could produce more high quality, price competitive vehicles.
HSI, Nikkei 225, NIFTY 50, Kospi 200, ASX 200, CSI 300: Year-End Trends and Holiday Market Moves!
- As the year comes to its end, the trading calendar is impacted by two shortened weeks, with the Christmas holiday and New Year’s Day both falling midweek.
- Holidays market trends can be affected by various non-market factors but it’s always good to check the indexes probability of trend reversals, to avoid surprises.
- In this insight, we’ll take a quick look at the major Asia-Pacific market indices—a ‘Christmas Carousel of Odds‘ for Asian markets, if you will.
