{"id":127210,"title":"What happened overnight – Friday 19th September 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-09-19T08:06:38+00:00","modified":"2025-09-19T08:07:16+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-friday-19th-september-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-friday-19th-september-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-friday-19th-september-2025.json","category":"B2B","categories":["B2B","Blogs","Business & Support Services","Technology","Technology, Media & Telecoms"],"tags":["AI-focused","Asia","Asia-Pacific index","Asian market","Asian markets","Asian trading","Bank of England","Bank of Japan","Bank of New York","Beijing","bond market","Brent Crude","china","chips","currency","Dow Jones","European Union","Federal Reserve","Hong kong","India","Jakarta","Japan","JP Morgan","Manila","Nikkei","Nvidia","Russia","semiconductor","Sensex","Seoul","shanghai","Shenzhen Composite Index","Singapore","South Korea","Sydney","Taipei","Treasury yields","U.S. bond market","U.S. dollar","U.S. stocks","U.S. Treasury","US dollar","US recession","US treasuries","USA","Wall Street","Wellington","White House"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/overnight-1-1.webp?fit=750%2C406&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Asian Stocks Slip After Wall Street Hits Records on Tech Rally**\n\nAsian equities mostly retreated on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s record-setting session driven by technology giants **Nvidia** and **Intel**.\n\nIn Japan, the **Nikkei 225** reversed early gains to close down **1.4% at 44,667.88** after the **Bank of Japan kept its short-term policy rate unchanged at 0.5%**. Fresh data showed **annual inflation slowed to 2.7% in August**, the lowest in 10 months, down from 3.1% in July.\n\nElsewhere in the region:\n\n-\n**Hong Kong’s Hang Seng** inched up **0.1% to 26,576.59**, while the **Shanghai Composite** eased **0.1% to 3,830.65**, as investors awaited a scheduled call between **US President Donald Trump** and **Chinese President Xi Jinping** on tariffs and a potential deal to keep **TikTok** operating in the United States.\n\n-\n**Australia’s S&P/ASX 200** gained **0.6% to 8,799.80**, rebounding from Thursday’s losses after soft labour market data.\n\n-\n**South Korea’s Kospi** fell **0.7% to 3,436.48**.\n\n-\n**India’s Sensex** slipped **0.4%**, and **Taiwan’s Taiex** edged down by the same margin.\n\nOn Wall Street, all three main indices closed at **record highs** on Thursday, powered by the **Federal Reserve’s rate cut** and outsized tech gains.\n\n**Intel** surged **22.8%**, its biggest one-day gain since October 1987, after **Nvidia announced a US$5bn investment** in the company. Nvidia shares advanced **3.5%**.\n\nThe **S&P 500** rose **0.5% to 6,631.96**, the **Dow Jones Industrial Average** climbed **0.3% to 46,142.42**, and the **Nasdaq Composite** added **0.9% to 22,470.73**."}