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Global Markets News 28 September 2025 - 16 November 2025

Nasdaq Frenzy: Tech Titans’ AI-Fueled Surge Hits Records Ahead of Fed Cut & Earnings Bonanza

China Stocks: What to Know Before the Open on November 17, 2025 — PBOC’s ¥800bn Liquidity Boost Meets Global Risk-Off

Quick take: Mainland A‑shares reopen Monday at 9:30 a.m. CST with a powerful domestic liquidity tailwind from the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), but sentiment has to work through Friday’s global tech-led selloff, soft October macro prints, and persistent pressure from the property downturn. Reuters+3english.sse.com.cn+3Reuters+3 1) Big policy swing: PBOC to inject ¥800 billion today China’s central bank said it will conduct an ¥800 billion (≈US$113bn) outright reverse‑repo operation on Monday, Nov 17 (six‑month tenor), a net injection of ¥500 billion after November maturities. It’s the latest in a series of sizable OMOs designed to keep liquidity “reasonably ample.” Markets will parse
16 November 2025
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Trump’s Tariff Tsunami: 100% Drug Tax and New Import Levies Rock Global Trade

Trump’s Tariff Shockwave: 2025 Trade War Revival Rocks Global Markets and Economy

Trade War 2.0: New Tariffs and 2025 Policy Moves A Tariff Revival: Upon returning to the White House in January 2025, Trump wasted no time reasserting his “Tariff Man” persona. By early April he declared April 2, 2025 as “Liberation Day” – unveiling the most sweeping U.S. tariff hikes in decades csis.org. This included a blanket 10% tariff on all imports effective April 5, on national security grounds, aiming to shock trading partners into concessions and kick-start domestic industry csis.org. At the same time, the administration rolled out sector-specific duties: a 25% tariff on all imported cars and trucks (and a matching
15 November 2025
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Stocks Slip as Tech Wobble Returns; Layoffs Spike and Tariff Showdown Clouds Outlook — Stock Market Today (Nov. 6, 2025)

Stock Market Today (Nov. 11, 2025): Dow Closes at a Record as AI Shares Stumble; FTSE 100 Hits New High on BoE Cut Bets

The Dow Jones set a new record on Nov. 11, 2025, while the Nasdaq slipped as Nvidia fell after SoftBank disclosed a $5.8B stake sale. Europe rallied on rising BoE rate‑cut bets and Vodafone’s first dividend hike in years. Here’s what moved markets and what to watch before Thursday’s CPI. Key Takeaways U.S. Markets — Closing Snapshot (Nov. 11, 2025) Wall Street ended mixed: a record‑setting Dow and firmer S&P 500 contrasted with a softer Nasdaq, reflecting rotation out of richly valued AI names and into large‑cap healthcare. Health care led sector gains with Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, and AbbVie up more than 2% each, while
11 November 2025
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Tokyo Stock Exchange Surges to Record Highs on AI Boom – Inside the Nov 3, 2025 Rally

Nikkei Jumps 635 Points as US Shutdown Deal Nears; Yen Softens, JGB Yields Rise, and 38 Japan Stocks Log All‑Time Highs (Nov. 10, 2025)

TOKYO — November 10, 2025 — Japan’s stock market rallied on Monday, lifted by progress in the U.S. Senate toward ending the record‑long federal government shutdown. The risk‑on tone pushed the Nikkei 225 up 635.39 points to 50,911.76, while the TOPIX added 0.56% to 3,317.42. The yen weakened toward ¥154 per dollar, and government bonds fell as yields edged higher. Tech and cyclical shares led gains, while some defensives lagged. Reuters Japan+2Reuters+2 Why markets surged today Global equities advanced after a key procedural vote in the U.S. Senate signaled momentum to reopen government agencies following a 40‑day shutdown. The potential
10 November 2025
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Investors Beware: 7 Stocks to Avoid on October 22, 2025 Amid Alarming Warnings

Michael Burry’s $1.1 Billion AI ‘Short’ Jolts Global Markets: Nvidia, Palantir Lead Tech Slide — What to Watch Today (Nov. 6, 2025)

Updated: Nov. 6, 2025 (6.11.2025) At a glance What’s happening Artificial‑intelligence bellwethers stumbled this week, dragging the S&P 500 and Nasdaq into their sharpest one‑day declines in nearly a month before a tentative rebound. The wobble matters because tech now accounts for roughly 36% of the S&P 500—more than during the dot‑com era—and approaches half of the index when megacaps like Alphabet, Amazon, Tesla and Meta are included. With tech’s forward P/E near 32 (vs. ~23 for the broader index), any AI‑related disappointment can quickly ripple through global markets. Reuters The weakness wasn’t confined to the U.S.: stocks in Asia
6 November 2025
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China Import Expo 2025 Shatters Records: $40B Deals, US Firms Return After Xi–Trump Summit – Experts Sound Off

China Import Expo 2025 Shatters Records: $40B Deals, US Firms Return After Xi–Trump Summit – Experts Sound Off

Expo Highlights & Speeches The CIIE is China’s flagship trade fair to demonstrate “free trade credentials” and attract imports reuters.com scmp.com. Premier Li stressed high-level opening-up, promising to keep China’s economy “fairer and more transparent” reuters.com. Reuters notes Li said rising tariffs “are seriously undermining international economic and trade rules” reuters.com. He repeated China’s commitment to increase imports of “high quality products” and let global companies expand with confidence reuters.com. This year’s expo will coincide with dozens of Hongqiao Economic Forum conferences on global economic governance. Shanghai’s Liu Liang (social sciences researcher) calls the expo a chance to see “innovative technologies”
5 November 2025
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China–Russia Mega Trade Deal Jolts Markets: Stocks React to New Pact

China–Russia Mega Trade Deal Jolts Markets: Stocks React to New Pact

New China–Russia Trade Agreement China and Russia have upped their economic partnership with a new set of agreements. In late October 2025 Beijing and Moscow announced that they would “push for a stable expansion of two-way trade with an optimized structure” en.people.cn. Commerce Minister Wang Wentao and Russia’s economic minister Reshetnikov co‑chaired a subcommittee meeting on Sept. 28, where they agreed to deepen cooperation in areas from digital services to infrastructure. Most notably, President Putin signed (Oct. 27) the law ratifying an updated Bilateral Investment Treaty with China russiaspivottoasia.com. This overhaul — originally agreed in May — strengthens legal protections
30 October 2025
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Fraud Scandals at Regional Banks Spark Global Market Jitters as Gold Hits Record High

Fraud Scandals at Regional Banks Spark Global Market Jitters as Gold Hits Record High

Fraud Shock at Zions and Western Alliance Triggers Selloff Zions Bancorp (a Utah-based regional lender) stunned investors mid-week by disclosing a major credit mishap involving apparent fraud. In an Oct. 15 SEC filing, Zions said it discovered “misrepresentations and contractual defaults” in two large commercial loans totaling about $60 million at its California Bank & Trust unit ts2.tech ts2.tech. The bank moved swiftly: it accelerated the loans to default, filed a lawsuit against the guarantors, and wrote off $50 million, effectively recognizing the entire exposure as a loss while it tries to recover funds ts2.tech. This surprise hit – unusual for a
17 October 2025
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Brazil’s Soybean Bonanza: Record 178M Ton Crop Sparks Global Market Frenzy

Brazil’s Soybean Bonanza: Record 178M Ton Crop Sparks Global Market Frenzy

Record Harvest and Acreage Surge Brazil is poised for a soybean supercrop. Conab’s October report forecasts roughly 177.64 million tons in 2025/26, about 6 Mt above last year’s output tradingview.com. This would shatter previous records. Conab notes the extra supply comes from a slight bump in area – about 49.0 M hectares (121.1 M acres) of soybeans, ~3.6% more than last year tradingview.com. (FarmProgress confirms 121.2 M acres, +3.7% farmprogress.com.) In the field, planting is already far advanced: Paraná state has seeded ~31% of its soy area, and even Mato Grosso ~19% tradingview.com. In practice, this means Brazilian farmers have committed far more land
14 October 2025
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Mega Metal Rally! Gold Rockets Past $4,000 as Silver Nears $52 on Debasement Fears

Silver Rockets to Record Highs Above $52/Oz Amid Global Shortage and Safe-Haven Rally

Key Facts: – Price (Oct 14, 2025): Silver was trading near $52.6 per ounce, an all-time high, breaking January 1980 records scmp.com. – Year-to-Date Gain: Silver has surged roughly 70% in 2025, far outpacing gold reuters.com mining.com. – Recent Breakouts: The metal set successive records in early October: ~$49.57 (Oct 8) reuters.com, ~$51.22 (Oct 9) reuters.com, and ~$51.70 (Oct 13) reuters.com, culminating around $52.59 by Oct 14 scmp.com. – Supply Crunch: A historic shortage of physical silver in London is driving the rally. Traders report COMEX longs are out by 220 million ounces, and London lease rates spiked (~30–39%) as
14 October 2025
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Nvidia’s $2B Bet on Reflection AI Shakes Up the Global AI Race

Nvidia’s $2B Bet on Reflection AI Shakes Up the Global AI Race

Reflection AI’s $2B Funding Frenzy It’s official: Reflection AI has secured one of the largest funding rounds ever for a young tech startup – $2 billion in fresh capital led by Nvidia techmeme.com. The New York Times first reported the blockbuster raise, valuing the one-year-old company at roughly $8 billion techmeme.com. To put that in perspective, Reflection was valued at only ~$545 million as recently as March techmeme.com. In other words, its paper valuation has leapt nearly 15× in just six months, a virtually unheard-of jump. The NYT called this “the latest sign of investor fervor” around AI, even as
9 October 2025
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