Global shares are mixed as investors await details from the US-China
trade talks
[June 09, 2025] By
JIANG JUNZHE
HONG KONG (AP) — Global markets were mixed on Monday as investors waited
to see the outcome of trade talks between Washington and Beijing in
London.
The futures for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average were
0.1% higher.
The CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.1% to 7,797.64 and Germany's DAX edged 0.4%
lower to 24,210.06.
The British FTSE 100 was little changed at 8,836.20.
In Asian trading, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.9% to 38,088.57 as the
government reported that the Japanese economy contracted by 0.2% in the
January-March quarter.
In South Korea, the Kospi added 1.6% to 2,855.77.
Chinese markets rose even though the government reported that exports
slowed in May, growing 4.8% from a year earlier after jumping more than
8% in April. Exports to the United States fell 35% in May and nearly 10%
in January-May in annual terms.
China also reported that consumer prices fell 0.1% in May from a year
earlier, marking the fourth consecutive month of deflation.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng picked up 1.6% to 24,181.43 while the Shanghai
Composite Index climbed 0.4% to 3,399.77.
Australia's markets were closed for a holiday.
On Friday, stocks gained ground on Wall Street following a
better-than-expected report on the U.S. job market.
The gains were broad, with every sector in the S&P 500 rising. That
solidified a second consecutive winning week for the benchmark index,
which has rallied back from a slump two months ago to come within
striking distance of its record high.
The S&P 500 rose 1% and the Dow industrials lost 1%. The Nasdaq gained
1.2%.
Technology stocks, with their outsized values, led the broad gains.
Chipmaker Nvidia jumped 1.2% and iPhone maker Apple rose 1.6%.
Tesla rose 3.7%, regaining some of the big losses it suffered on
Thursday when Trump and Musk sparred feverishly on social media.
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Currency traders work near a screen showing the Korea Composite
Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate
between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, center, at the foreign
exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul,
South Korea, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
 Circle Internet Group, the
U.S.-based issuer of one of the most popular cryptocurrencies, rose
29.4%. That adds to its 168% gain from Thursday when it debuted on
the New York Stock Exchange.
U.S. employers slowed their hiring last month, but still added a
solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over President Donald Trump’s
trade war. The closely watched monthly update reaffirmed that the
job market remains resilient, despite worries from businesses and
consumers about the impact of tariffs on goods going to and coming
from the U.S. and its most important trading partners.
Hopes that Trump will lower his tariffs after reaching trade deals
with other countries are a main reason the S&P 500 has rallied back
so furiously since dropping roughly 20% two months ago from an
all-time high.
The economy is absorbing the impact from tariffs on a wide range of
goods from key trading partners, along with raw materials such as
steel. Heavier tariffs could hit businesses and consumers in the
coming months.
The U.S. economy contracted during the first quarter. Recent surveys
by the Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing
managers, found that both American manufacturing and services
businesses contracted last month. On Tuesday, the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development forecast 1.6% growth for the
U.S. economy this year, down from 2.8% last year.
The uncertainty over tariffs and their economic impact has put the
Federal Reserve in a delicate position.
In other trading early Monday, U.S. benchmark crude oil lost 21
cents to $64.37 per barrel. Brent crude, the international standard,
gave up 23 cents to $66.24 per barrel.
The U.S. dollar retreated to 144.09 Japanese yen from 144.85 yen.
The euro edged higher, to $1.1426 from $1.1399.
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