Central Bank, Tech Outlooks Lift Asian Stock Markets

06:53 AM EDT, 09/10/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Asian stock markets rallied on Wednesday after fresh record highs overnight on Wall Street, and on rising expectations that the US Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at next week's policy session.

Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo finished in the green, as did other regional exchanges.

In Japan, the Nikkei 225 opened higher and rose to the close, finishing up 0.9% as traders leaned into central-bank easing outlooks and embraced tech shares.

The benchmark Nikkei 225 rose 378.38 to 43,837.67, although losing issues outnumbered gainers 113 to 109.

Leading the upside was tech-finance house SoftBank, up 7.3%, while Sumitomo Pharma declined 4.1%.

In other news, 7-11 Japan has introduced worker robots to a Tokyo store, to test the automatons in stocking bottled drinks and canned alcohol, and in cleaning floors and windows.

In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index opened higher and held ground, closing up 1% after soft inflation reports from Beijing boosted perceived prospects for a rate-cut from the People's Bank of China.

The broad gauge Hang Seng rose 262.13 to 26,200.26 as gaining issues outnumbered losers 65 to 21. The Hang Seng TECH Index gained 1.3% on the day, while the Mainland Properties Index also rose 1.3%.

Leading the upside was computer-maker Lenovo, gaining 4.6%, while toy-maker Pop Mart International declined 4.5%.

On the mainland, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.1% to 3,812.22.

In economic news, China's producer price index (PPI) in August fell 2.9% on year, somewhat firming from the 3.6% on-year decline recorded in July, reported the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

The nation's consumer price index (CPI) fell 0.4% on year in August, reported the NBS.

On the other regional exchanges, the S. Korean KOSPI gained 1.7%; the Taiwan TWSE added 1.4%; the Australian ASX 200 was up 0.3%; the Singapore Straits Times Index gained 1.1%, and the Thai Set rose 0.2%. In late trading in Mumbai, the Sensex was up 0.4%.

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