{"id":121232,"title":"What happened overnight – Wednesday 2nd April 2025","publisher":"Share Talk","author":"sharetalk","published":"2025-04-02T06:34:09+00:00","modified":"2025-04-02T06:34:09+00:00","canonical_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-wednesday-2nd-april-2025/","markdown_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-wednesday-2nd-april-2025.md","json_url":"https://www.share-talk.com/what-happened-overnight-wednesday-2nd-april-2025.json","category":"B2B","categories":["B2B","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","USA","Wall Street","Wellington","White House"],"featured_image":"https://i0.wp.com/www.share-talk.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/overnight-750x406-1.webp?fit=750%2C406&quality=80&ssl=1","format":"news","language":"en-GB","content":"Asian markets remained cautious as investors awaited details on the tariffs President Donald Trump is expected to announce on what he has called “liberation day.”\n\nWhile major indexes clawed back earlier losses, South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.7% to 2,503.08.\n\nJapan’s Nikkei 225 gained 0.4% to 35,772.00, and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 edged up 0.1% to 7,934.50. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng also rose 0.1% to 23,226.56, and the Shanghai Composite added 0.1% to 3,352.50.\n\n“Amid the uncertainty on tariffs details, risk sentiments were broadly fragile,” said Tan Jing Yi of Mizuho Bank.\n\nOn Wall Street, stocks ended higher after a turbulent session. The S&P 500 climbed 0.4%, rebounding from an early 1% slide. The Nasdaq rose 0.9% after briefly dipping the same amount earlier, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed nearly unchanged after being down as much as 1.2% during the day.\n\nIn the bond market, US Treasury yields fell following data showing a contraction in US manufacturing last month. The yield on the 10-year Treasury slipped to 4.177% from 4.199% the previous day."}