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title: "What happened overnight – Friday 31st October 2025"
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# What happened overnight – Friday 31st October 2025

**Published:** October 31, 2025
**Author:** sharetalk
**Categories:** B2B, Blogs, Technology, Technology, Media & Telecoms
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**Asian Markets Extend Winning Streak as Amazon and Apple Lift Global Sentiment**

**Asian equities** were on track for a **seventh straight month of gains** on Friday, buoyed by upbeat earnings from **Amazon** and **Apple**, which helped offset weakness in other major tech stocks and lifted overall market confidence.

**Amazon’s shares surged 13% after hours** on Thursday, adding more than **$300 billion to its market value**, following **stellar earnings and strong AWS growth**. **Apple** gained **2.3%** after its **iPhone sales outlook beat expectations**, reinforcing optimism in the broader tech sector.

The rally helped balance out declines in **Meta** and **Microsoft**, which fell on investor concerns over **rising AI-related spending**. Six of the **“Magnificent Seven”** tech giants have now reported quarterly results, delivering a **mixed picture** ahead of **Nvidia’s results**, due in three weeks.

In Asia, **Japan’s Nikkei 225** climbed **1.9%**, capping **weekly and monthly gains of 6% and 16.4%**, respectively — its **biggest monthly rise since 1990** — driven by optimism over potential **fiscal stimulus** under new Prime Minister **Sanae Takaichi**.

Meanwhile, **MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan** edged **0.4% lower**, weighed down by losses in **Chinese equities**, though it remained on course for a **1% weekly** and **4% monthly gain**.

**Chinese blue chips** slipped **1.2%** and **Hong Kong’s Hang Seng** fell **0.9%** after data showed **China’s factory activity contracted** in **October** at its fastest pace in six months, dampening regional sentiment.

On **Wall Street**, the **Dow Jones Industrial Average** fell **0.2% to 47,522.12**, the **S&P 500** lost **1% to 6,822.34**, and the **Nasdaq Composite** dropped **1.6% to 23,581.14**.

In the **bond market**, the yield on **10-year US Treasury notes** edged higher to **4.099%**, up from **4.075%** late Wednesday, as investors weighed central bank signals and solid US corporate earnings against mixed global data.

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