{"id":78679,"date":"2025-09-30T15:57:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T05:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/?p=78679"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:27:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T07:27:13","slug":"tuesday-30th-september-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-fed-rate-cut-bets-rise-u-s-shutdown-concerns-loom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/tuesday-30th-september-2025-asian-markets-mixed-as-fed-rate-cut-bets-rise-u-s-shutdown-concerns-loom\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 30th September 2025: Asian Markets Mixed as Fed Rate Cut Bets Rise, U.S. Shutdown Concerns Loom"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3><br \/>Global Markets:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>&nbsp;Asian Stock Markets : Nikkei up 0.08%, Shanghai Composite up 0.52%, Hang Seng up 0.25% ASX down 0.06%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commodities : Gold at $3,894.40 (1.14%), Silver at $47.35 (0.61%), Brent Oil at $66.26 (-0.20%), WTI Oil at $63.02 (-0.37%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rates : US 10-year yield at 4.145, UK 10-year yield at 4.7000, Germany 10-year yield at 2.7062<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>News &amp; Data:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>(USD) Pending Home Sales m\/m 4.0%&nbsp; to 0.2% expected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3>Markets Update:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Asian stock markets traded mostly higher on Tuesday, supported by overnight gains on Wall Street and growing expectations of a U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate cut next month. Recent data showed U.S. consumer price inflation rose in line with forecasts for August, strengthening bets on a policy shift. However, sentiment was capped by concerns over a potential partial U.S. government shutdown from October 1, as lawmakers struggle to agree on temporary funding measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Australia, the S&amp;P\/ASX 200 inched toward the 8,900 level, with gains in mining and technology stocks offset by losses in energy and financials. BHP and Rio Tinto advanced nearly 2 percent each, while energy majors like Woodside and Santos slipped over 2 percent. Tech names such as Block and Xero gained more than 1 percent. Economic data showed building permits slumped 6 percent in June, far weaker than forecasts, while private sector credit rose 0.6 percent in August, matching expectations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japan\u2019s Nikkei 225 edged lower, extending losses from earlier sessions as weak industrial output and retail sales weighed on sentiment. Automakers Honda and Toyota fell nearly 2 percent, while SoftBank and Fast Retailing also traded lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in Asia, Indonesia and Taiwan gained over 1 percent, while China, South Korea, and Malaysia slipped slightly. On Wall Street, all three major indexes closed higher Monday, while oil prices tumbled nearly 4 percent amid oversupply concerns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3>Upcoming Events:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>04:30 AM GMT &#8211; AUD Cash Rate<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>02:00 PM GMT &#8211; USD JOLTS Job Openings<\/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":77277,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[196,215,339],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78679"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78679"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78679\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78680,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78679\/revisions\/78680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78679"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78679"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.icmarkets.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78679"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}