{"id":130409,"title":"What happened overnight – Tuesday 16th December 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-12-16T08:08:49+00:00","modified":"2025-12-16T08:08:49+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-16th-december-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-16th-december-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-16th-december-2025.json","category":"Blogs","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"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/overnight-1-1.webp?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Asian markets fell sharply as investors turned cautious ahead of key US employment data that could influence the outlook for interest rates.\n\nJapan’s Nikkei 225 dropped 1.2% to 49,544.21 after early factory data pointed to a slight slowdown in manufacturing. The S&P Global flash PMI rose to 49.7 from 48.5 in November, remaining just below the 50 level that separates expansion from contraction. Markets are also focused on Friday’s Bank of Japan policy meeting, where an interest rate rise is widely expected and could unsettle global bond and cryptocurrency markets.\n\nChinese equities also moved lower following weaker-than-expected November data released on Monday. Retail sales rose by just 1.3% year on year, the slowest pace since the pandemic in 2022, while lending and investment figures also softened. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng slid 1.9% to 25,139.16 and the Shanghai Composite fell 1.2% to 3,820.85.\n\nElsewhere in the region, South Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.5% to 4,027.83, Taiwan’s Taiex lost 1.1%, and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 declined 0.6% to 8,583.00.\n\nUS markets were also weaker, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite down 0.6%, led by sharp falls in Coinbase and Strategy as sentiment across the broader crypto market continued to fade. The S&P 500 slipped 0.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 0.1% lower."}