Dow Jones–and the Asian stock exchanges has not prevailed at the start of the week. While the Hang Seng index in Hong Kong clearly attracted, the courses in Tokyo and Seoul clearly gave up. The Nikkei-225 fell by 1.2 percent, the Korean Kospi by 1.3 percent. Technology values were under pressure on both markets, they suffered from the weak templates of the US technology titles on Nasdaq. Softbank lost 4.8 percent, the semiconductor value Advantest almost 8 percent. In Seoul, Samsung Electronics estimated 3 and SK Hynix almost 5 percent.
In the United States, chip acts tended very weak on Friday, among other things after Marvell Technologies had given a disappointing view.
The mood in Hong Kong (+2.1% in late retail) benefited from surprisingly positive economic data from China. The CAIXIN shopping manager index for the processing industry returned to the threshold of 50 in August and thus shows growth in industry again. At 50.5 after 49.5, he also clearly exceeded the forecast of 49.6. The stock index in Shanghai rose by 0.5 percent.
Among other things, a course jump from Alibaba of over 18 percent provided the strong plus in Hong Kong. The share took the movement on Friday on Wall Street, where it had already reacted to the news of developing a new versatile chip. This is intended to fill the gaps with other chip designers that have arisen after Nvidia is no longer allowed to deliver its products to China for security reasons. In addition, Alibaba reported a net profit increase of almost 80 percent and thus exceeded the forecasts of analysts. The heavyweight Tencent attracted 1.6 percentages.
BYD was able to vigorously downwards by over 5 percent. The car manufacturer significantly improved the net profit in the first half of the year, but the gross margin was weaker. At the same time, given the recently declining sales figures, concern is growing that the country’s largest electric car producer could miss its sales target for the year as a whole.
The stock exchange in Sydney tended easier. There they were waiting for the figures for economic growth in the second quarter in Australia, which will be announced on Wednesday. It is expected that the Australian economy has overcome its weakness and has grown by 0.5 percent. However, the discussion about further money policy relaxation should continue, it said.
The Rupiah was in view in Indonesia. President Prabowo Subianto wants to delete the planned benefits for MPs in order to calm public unrest. “Provided that the situation is stabilizing, the markets could begin to reduce the risk premium that had been prompted to the Rupiah last week,” says Lloyd Chan from Mufg Bank Chan. The Rupiah attracted $ 0.3 percent against the dollar.
Index (stock exchange) last +/- % % YTD end
S&P/ASX 200 (Sydney) 8,927.70 -0.5% +10.0% 08:00
Nikkei -225 (Tokyo) 42,188.79 -1.2% +7.1% 08:30
Kospi (SEOUL) 3,143.51 -1.3% +31.0% 08:30
Shanghai-Comp. 3,875.09 +0.4% +15.1% 09:00
Hang-Seng (Hongk.) 25,593.71 +2.1% +25.2% 10:00
Last +/- % 00:00 Fri, 10:15 a.m. % YTD
EUR/USD 1.1721 0.3 1.1689 1.1673 +12.8%
EUR/JPY 172.34 0.3 171.85 171.59 +5.5%
EUR/GBP 0.8666 0.1 0.8656 0.8658 +4.6%
GBP/USD 1.3525 0.2 1.3504 1.3483 +7.9%
USD/JPY 147.03 0.0 147.01 146.99 -6.5%
USD/KRW 1,393.58 0.3 1,388,97 1,390.96 -5.9%
USD/CNY 7.1022 0.2 7.0876 7.0940 -1.7%
USD/CNH 7.1283 0.1 7.1218 7.1277 -2.9%
USD/HKD 7,7937 -0.0 7.7948 7.7933 +0.3%
AUD/USD 0.6538 -0.0 0.6540 0.6536 +5.7%
NZD/USD 0.5892 -0.1 0.5895 0.5894 +5.3%
BTC/USD 108,074.70 -0.9 109,070.10 110.059.20 +15.3%
Row oil last VT closing +/- % +/- USD % YTD
WTI/NYMEX 64.17 64.01 +0.2% +0.16 -10.4%
Brent/ICE 67.57 67.48 +0.1% +0.09 -9.8%
Metals last the last day +/- % +/- USD % YTD
Gold 3,478.17 3,447.63 +0.9% +30.54 +31.4%
Silver 40.60 39.748 +2.2% +0.86 +37.7%
Platin 1,183,49 1,173.00 +0.9% +10.49 +33.9%
Copper 4.54 4.52 +0.5% 0.02 +10.5%
YTD based on the final course of the previous day
(Information provided without guarantee)
DJG/HRU/GOS
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September 01, 2025 03:22 ET (07:22 GMT)