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title: "What happened overnight – Friday 24th October 2025"
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# What happened overnight – Friday 24th October 2025

**Published:** October 24, 2025
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** Blogs, 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
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**London stocks** are expected to **open little changed on Friday**, with traders eyeing key **UK retail sales figures** and **flash PMI data** from major economies later in the day.

According to **IG**, the **FTSE 100** is forecast to **edge up 6 points to 9,584**, following a **0.7% gain on Thursday**, when the index hit a new record high driven by energy and financial stocks.

**Global sentiment** has improved after the **White House confirmed** that **US President Donald Trump** and **China’s Xi Jinping** will meet in **South Korea next week** as part of Trump’s wider **Asia tour**, fuelling hopes of renewed diplomatic engagement between the world’s two largest economies.

On **Wall Street**, stocks closed higher on strong earnings, with **Intel** jumping **7.7%** after reporting **$4.27 billion in quarterly profit** and **better-than-expected results** fuelled by **AI-related demand**.

However, sentiment was tempered by news that **Trump abruptly suspended US trade talks with Canada**, accusing Ottawa of **“egregious behaviour”** over an advertising dispute.

In **Asia**, markets were mixed: Japan’s **Nikkei 225** gained **1.3%** after data showed **inflation rising to 2.9%**, though **PMI figures indicated slower private sector growth** across the region.

On the commodities front, **Brent crude slipped to $64.99 a barrel**, while **gold eased to $4,109 an ounce**. The **pound** was steady, trading around **$1.3314** ahead of the UK data releases.

Traders will be closely watching **retail sales figures** and **flash PMI readings** across **Europe and the US** for further clues on the **health of the global economy** heading into the final quarter of the year.

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