{"id":140865,"title":"What happened overnight -Tuesday 22nd September 2026","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2026-09-22T06:57:05+00:00","modified":"2026-09-22T06:57:05+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-22nd-september-2026/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-22nd-september-2026.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-tuesday-22nd-september-2026.json","category":"Investment Reports","categories":["Investment Reports"],"tags":["Asia","Bangkok","Denmark","Endeavour Mining","Fed","Federal Reserve","Finland","FRANCE","FTSE 100","GERMANY","Glencore","Greenland plan","Hong kong","Japan","London","Manila","mining stocks","Mumbai","Nasdaq Composite","NATO alliance","Netherlands","Nikkei 225","Norway","S&P 500","shanghai","Singapore","Sweden","Sydney","Taiwan","UK","United States","Wall Street","Wellington"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/182abb14-cee9-4e0b-8857-38a6f5cea2af.png?fit=1726%2C911&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"**Technology stocks powered Asian markets higher on Tuesday**, as strong demand for Meta Platforms’ Muse AI assistant revived enthusiasm for artificial intelligence shares and easing oil prices improved risk appetite.\n\nLower oil prices have also improved sentiment. **Brent crude traded around $101.72 a barrel early Tuesday**, well below the near-$110 levels reached last week, as markets assess whether increased physical supply and diplomatic efforts can ease disruption from the Middle East.\n\nMSCI’s broad Asia-Pacific index outside Japan rose **0.8% to a two-week high**, while South Korea’s technology-heavy market climbed as much as 2% before paring gains. Taiwan shares reached a **record high**, while Chinese blue chips gained 0.2% and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.3%.\n\nThe rebound follows last week’s global technology sell-off, when warnings from leading AI executives about the risks of increasingly powerful models prompted investors to reduce exposure to the sector.\n\nSentiment reversed sharply after **Meta’s Muse AI assistant climbed mobile app rankings following its launch**, strengthening expectations that increasingly capable AI agents could drive further demand for chips, data centres and computing infrastructure.\n\nWall Street also rallied on Monday. The **S&P 500 gained 1.5%**, moving within 0.4% of its record high, while the **Nasdaq Composite jumped 2.3% to an all-time high** as semiconductor and other AI-related stocks led the advance.\n\nThe Dow Jones Industrial Average added **0.7%, or 366 points**.\n\nFor investors, the sharp reversal illustrates how sensitive technology valuations remain to changes in expectations around **AI adoption, computing demand and interest rates**, with softer oil prices also helping ease immediate inflation concerns.\n\nSterling strengthened slightly to around **$1.338**, while gold fell to approximately **$4,326 an ounce**."}