{"id":123875,"title":"What happened overnight – Thursday 19th June 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-06-19T07:57:55+00:00","modified":"2025-06-19T07:57:55+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-thursday-19th-june-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-thursday-19th-june-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-thursday-19th-june-2025.json","category":"B2B","categories":["B2B","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 recession","USA","Wall Street","Wellington","White House"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/overnight.webp?fit=750%2C406&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Asian shares fell on Thursday as geopolitical tensions in the Middle East weighed on investor sentiment.\n\nThe pullback followed warnings from **former U.S. President Donald Trump**, who signalled the potential for **direct U.S. involvement** in the Israel-Iran conflict. Iran’s supreme leader, meanwhile, firmly rejected U.S. calls for surrender, further escalating uncertainty.\n\nIn Japan, the **Nikkei 225** dropped **0.9%** to **38,554.98**, though shares in **Nippon Steel** surged **3%** after confirming the long-delayed completion of its acquisition of **US Steel**, despite earlier U.S. opposition.\n\n**Hong Kong’s Hang Seng** fell **1.8%** to **23,294.85**, dragged lower by heavy losses in tech stocks. Mainland China’s **Shanghai Composite** slipped **0.6%** to **3,368.16**.\n\nElsewhere in the region:\n\n-\n**Australia’s S&P/ASX 200** was little changed at **8,529.60**\n\n-\n**South Korea’s Kospi** edged down **0.1%** to **2,969.75**\n\n**U.S. markets will be closed on Thursday** in observance of **Juneteenth**.\n\nOn Wednesday, Wall Street ended mixed after the **Federal Reserve** signalled it may cut interest rates **twice before year-end**, though it stressed that such a move remains **data-dependent**.\n\n-\n**S&P 500**: flat at **5,980.87**\n\n-\n**Dow Jones**: down **0.1%** to **42,171.66**\n\n-\n**Nasdaq**: up **0.1%** to **19,546.27**\n\nIn fixed income, the **10-year U.S. Treasury yield** edged lower to **4.396%**, from **4.405%** the previous day, reflecting modest demand for safe-haven assets."}