Global Stock Markets Today at 09:33 GMT on December 19, 2025: BOJ Rate Hike Lifts Asia, Europe Steady, Wall Street Futures Mixed
As of 09:33 GMT on Friday, December 19, 2025, global stock markets were leaning cautiously positive into the final full trading week of the year, with Asia closing higher, Europe treading water, and U.S. futures mixed as investors weighed three competing forces: a Bank of Japan rate hike, cooler-than-expected U.S. inflation data that may (or may not) be “real” after the U.S. shutdown, and persistent jitters about whether the AI spending boom can deliver profits fast enough to justify the sector’s valuations. Reuters+3Reuters+3Reuters+3 Asia stocks climb after Bank of Japan hike, but the yen slides Asian equities advanced after the