{"id":127078,"title":"What happened overnight – Tuesday 16th September 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-09-16T07:19:24+00:00","modified":"2025-09-16T07:20:39+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-16th-september-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-16th-september-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-16th-september-2025.json","category":"Blogs","categories":["Blogs","Business & Support Services","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","US treasuries","USA","Wall Street","Wellington","White House"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/overnight-1.webp?fit=750%2C406&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"### Asian Markets Higher as Fed Rate Cut Hopes Lift Global Sentiment\n\n**Asian shares traded mostly higher on Tuesday**, following record closes on Wall Street and rising expectations that the **US Federal Reserve** will deliver its **first interest rate cut of the year** this week.\n\nIn Japan, the **Nikkei 225** returned from a holiday to briefly **surpass 45,000 points for the first time during regular trading**, before easing slightly. By the afternoon session, the index was at **44,975.69**, up **0.5%**.\n\nElsewhere in the region:\n\n-\n**Australia’s S&P/ASX 200** gained **0.3%** to **8,875.60**.\n\n-\n**South Korea’s Kospi** advanced **1.2%** to **3,448.69**.\n\n-\n**Hong Kong’s Hang Seng** reversed earlier losses, climbing **0.3%** to **26,512.58**.\n\n-\n**China’s Shanghai Composite** added **0.2%** to **3,866.50**.\n\nGlobal sentiment was also buoyed by news that a **framework deal** had been reached between the **US and China** over the ownership of social media platform **TikTok**, according to US Treasury Secretary **Scott Bessent** following weekend trade talks in Spain.\n\nMeanwhile, **gold prices hit a record high** on Monday as the **US dollar weakened**, underscoring safe-haven demand.\n\nOn Wall Street, all three major indices ended higher:\n\n-\n**Dow Jones Industrial Average**: +0.1% to **45,883.45**\n\n-\n**S&P 500**: +0.5% to **6,615.28** (new record)\n\n-\n**Nasdaq Composite**: +0.9% to **22,348.75** (new record)\n\nIn the bond market, the **yield on 10-year US Treasury notes** eased to **4.044%**, down from **4.070%** on Sunday."}