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World shares are mixed after Intel helped drive Wall Street to more records
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....orld shares are mixed after Intel helped drive Wall Street to more records<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 19-9-2025<BR>PTI<BR>Manila, Sep 19 (AP) World shares were mixed on Friday, with most Asian stocks down and European indexes higher after Wall Street rose to more records. In early European trading, Germany's DAX rose 0.3 per cent to 23,736.30. The CAC 40 in Paris added nearly 0.9 per cent to 7,922.5....
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....0 while Britain's FTSE 100 edged up 0.1 per cent to 9,238.90 as investors assessed a slew of recent monetary policy decisions, including those by the Bank of Japan, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England. Futures for the S&P 500 slipped less than 0.1 per cent, while that for the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up less than 0.1 per cent. Japan's Nikkei 225 switched from gains to losses, c....
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....losing nearly 0.6 per cent lower to 45,045.81, after the BOJ decided to keep its benchmark short-term interest rate unchanged at 0.5 per cent and announced plans to start selling its exchange-traded fund holdings and real-estate investment trusts. Data released Friday also showed the country's annual inflation in August slowed to a 10-month low at 2.7 per cent, from 3.1 per cent the previous month....
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..... In Chinese markets, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index shed less than 0.1 per cent to 26,537.97 while the Shanghai Composite index edged down less than 0.1 per cent to 3,829.34. Investors are awaiting a phone call later Friday between US President Donald Trump and China's President Xi Jinping on tariffs and finalising a deal to allow TikTok to keep operating in the United States. Australia's S&P/AS....
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....X 200 climbed 0.3 per cent to 8,773.50 after losses a day earlier, when data indicated the jobs market was showing signs of softness. South Korea's Kospi fell nearly 0.5 per cent to 3,445.24. India's BSE Sensex edged down 0.4 per cent, trimming earlier gains. Taiwan's Taiex dipped 0.7 per cent. Wall Street rolled to more records Thursday as Nvidia and Intel led a rally for technology stocks on....
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.... the announcement of their deal that includes a USD 5 billion investment. The S&P 500 rose 0.5 per cent and is on track for a third straight winning week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 124 points, or 0.3 per cent, and the Nasdaq composite climbed 0.9 per cent. All three set all-time highs. Intel soared 22.8 per cent for its best day since 1987 after Nvidia said it would buy USD 5 bill....
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....ion of the chipmaker's stock. It's part of a collaboration where the pair will develop products for data centres and personal computers. Nvidia climbed 3.5 per cent and was by far the strongest force lifting the S&P 500 because it's Wall Street's most valuable company. Encouraging reports on the economy sent Treasury yields climbing in the bond market, meanwhile, including one that said fewer US....
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.... workers applied for unemployment benefits last week than expected. That could indicate the pace of layoffs is slowing, and it was a relief after the prior week's data showed a disconcerting leap to a four-year high. The job market has slowed so much that the Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its main interest rate for the first time this year in order to give it some help. The Fed also indicat....
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....ed more cuts may be on the way, though Chair Jerome Powell warned that the Fed is in a precarious position and may have to change course quickly. That's because the economy is in an unusual situation where the job market is slowing while inflation is remaining stubbornly high at the same time. The Fed is in charge of fixing both, but it has only one tool to do so. And helping one by moving inter....
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....est rates often hurts the other in the short term. Expectations are high on Wall Street that the Fed will keep cutting interest rates, and an unexpected halt could send stocks tumbling. Critics say stock prices have already shot too high and become too expensive, in part because of heavy bets on continued cuts in rates. On Wall Street, smaller stocks led the way. They can be some of the bigges....
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....t beneficiaries of easier interest rates, and the Russell 2000 index of small stocks rallied 2.5per cent to join its bigger rivals in setting all-time highs. It topped its prior record, which was set in 2021. In other dealings on Friday, benchmark US crude lost 51 cents to USD 62.75 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, shed 43 cents to USD 66.49 per barrel. The US dollar rose t....
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....o 147.96 yen from 147.92 yen. The euro slipped to USD 1.1758 from USD 1.790. (AP) SKS SKS<BR> News - Press release - PIB....