HOME > MARKETS > MARKET COMMENTARY
  MARKET COMMENTARY
EQUITY
Asian markets settle mostly down on Friday
Oct-31-2025
Asian markets settled mostly down on Friday tracking Wall Street’s fall from record highs overnight, despite the United States's trade truce with China and profits of Big Technology giants exceeding expectations. Chinese and Hong Kong shares fell after an official survey showed a measure of China's manufacturing activity contracted more than expected to hit a six-month low of 49.0 in October, down from 49.8 in September. However, Japan's Nikkei hit a record high on the back of a weaker yen, strong gains in the technology sector fueled by optimism over AI's potential and hopes for aggressive fiscal stimulus under the Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.

Asian Indices

Last Trade            

Change in Points

Change in %      

Shanghai Composite

3,954.79

-32.11

-0.81

Hang Seng

25,906.65

-376.04

-1.43

Jakarta Composite

8,163.88

-20.18

-0.25

KLSE Composite

1,609.15

-5.05

-0.31

Nikkei 225

52,411.34

1,085.73

2.12

Straits Times

4,428.62

-8.82

-0.20

KOSPI Composite

4,107.50

20.61

0.50

Taiwan Weighted

28,233.35

-54.18

-0.19

  RELATED NEWS >>