{"id":128156,"title":"What happened overnight – Wednesday 15th October 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-10-15T07:34:15+00:00","modified":"2025-10-15T07:34:15+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-wednesday-15th-october-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-wednesday-15th-october-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-wednesday-15th-october-2025.json","category":"B2B","categories":["B2B","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/2025/09/overnight-1-1.webp?fit=750%2C406&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"#### **Global Stocks Rebound as Powell Hints at More US Rate Cuts**\n\nGlobal equities regained ground on Wednesday after **Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell** signalled that **further US interest rate cuts** could be on the way, helping to steady markets rattled by renewed **US-China trade tensions**.\n\nMr Powell said the Fed remained open to additional policy easing and that the end of its long-running effort to reduce its balance sheet “**may be coming into view**.” His comments, combined with **solid earnings from US banking giants** and an **upward revision of the IMF’s 2025 global growth forecast**, helped lift sentiment following heavy losses earlier in the week.\n\nIn Asia, **MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan** rose **1.4%**, while **Japan’s Nikkei 225** climbed **1.5%**, rebounding after Tuesday’s 2.6% drop.\n\nOn Wall Street, markets endured a volatile session on Tuesday as investors digested Powell’s remarks alongside fresh trade tensions. The **S&P 500** fell as much as **1.5% intraday** but pared losses to close **down 0.2%**, after **Donald Trump** said on *Truth Social* he may **halt trade in cooking oil with China** “in retribution” for Beijing’s reduced soybean purchases.\n\nThe **Nasdaq Composite** ended **down 0.8%**, while the **Dow Jones Industrial Average** edged **0.4% higher**, supported by strength in financial and industrial stocks.\n\nPowell’s suggestion of a possible **October rate cut**, amid signs of a **cooling US labour market**, was welcomed by investors seeking clarity on the Fed’s path ahead."}