{"id":73203,"date":"2025-10-01T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/?p=73203"},"modified":"2025-10-01T16:15:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T06:15:10","slug":"wednesday-1st-october-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-australia-slips-japan-extends-losses-amid-u-s-shutdown-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wednesday-1st-october-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-australia-slips-japan-extends-losses-amid-u-s-shutdown-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 1st October 2025: Asian Markets Mixed as Australia Slips, Japan Extends Losses Amid U.S. Shutdown Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei down -0.96%, Shanghai Composite up 0.52%, Hang Seng up 0.87% ASX down -0.33%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $3,887.90 (0.38%), Silver at $47.280 (1.37%), Brent Oil at $66.19 (0.24%), WTI Oil at $62.52 (0.24%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.148, UK 10-year yield at 4.7010, Germany 10-year yield at 2.7120<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>(AUD) Cash Rate 3.60%&nbsp; to 3.60% expected<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>(USD) JOLTS Job Openings 7.23M&nbsp; to 7.19M expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian stock markets traded mostly higher on Wednesday, taking positive cues from Wall Street, though investor sentiment was tempered by political uncertainty in the U.S., where a short-term spending bill failed, raising the risk of a government shutdown. Still, expectations of further interest rate cuts grew after a sharper-than-expected drop in U.S. consumer confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Australian shares slipped after three sessions of gains, with the S&amp;P\/ASX 200 down 29.50 points, or 0.33 percent, at 8,819.30. Miners weighed, with BHP off more than 1 percent and Mineral Resources tumbling over 4 percent, though Fortescue advanced nearly 2 percent. Oil stocks were mostly lower, while tech names fell sharply, led by Block, which dropped more than 6 percent. Among banks, the big four lost nearly 1 percent each. In economic data, Australia\u2019s manufacturing PMI eased to 51.4 in September, still signaling expansion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 extended losses, dropping 521.37 points, or 1.16 percent, to 44,411.26. Financials and exporters dragged, with banks like Mizuho and Sumitomo Mitsui off nearly 3 percent. Panasonic, Canon and Toyota also declined. However, Otsuka Holdings jumped almost 5 percent. Japan\u2019s Tankan survey showed large manufacturers\u2019 sentiment improving to +14 in Q3, though manufacturing PMI contracted further at 48.5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in Asia, Taiwan and Indonesia advanced strongly, while Singapore, South Korea, Malaysia and New Zealand posted modest gains. China and Hong Kong remained closed for the National Day holiday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>12:15 PM GMT &#8211; USD ADP Non-Farm Employment Change<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD ISM Manufacturing PMI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Global Markets: News &amp; Data: Markets Update: Asian stock markets traded [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":71952,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-73203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fundamental-analysis","category-market-analysis","category-recent-posts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73203"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73203\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73207,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73203\/revisions\/73207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/71952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}