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title: "What happened overnight – Friday 19th September 2025"
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# What happened overnight – Friday 19th September 2025

**Published:** September 19, 2025
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** B2B, Blogs, Business & Support Services, Technology, Technology, Media & Telecoms
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**Asian Stocks Slip After Wall Street Hits Records on Tech Rally**

Asian equities mostly retreated on Friday, tracking Wall Street’s record-setting session driven by technology giants **Nvidia** and **Intel**.

In 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.

Elsewhere in the region:

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**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.

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**Australia’s S&P/ASX 200** gained **0.6% to 8,799.80**, rebounding from Thursday’s losses after soft labour market data.

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**South Korea’s Kospi** fell **0.7% to 3,436.48**.

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**India’s Sensex** slipped **0.4%**, and **Taiwan’s Taiex** edged down by the same margin.

On Wall Street, all three main indices closed at **record highs** on Thursday, powered by the **Federal Reserve’s rate cut** and outsized tech gains.

**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%**.

The **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**.

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