Nikkei Rises as Traders Bet on Fed Cut and Cheaper Global Borrowing

Published on 09/12/2025 at 02:53 am EDT
(MT Newswires) -- Japanese shares ended higher on Friday, tracking Wall Street gains, on expectations of further U.S. rate cuts that could ease global borrowing costs.
The Nikkei 225 rose 0.89%, or 395.62 points, to end at 44,768.12.
The U.S. consumer price report cleared the last hurdle for a Federal Reserve rate cut next week, with markets fully pricing a quarter-point move to 4%-4.25% and seeing a 90% chance of two more cuts this year.
On the corporate front, Digital Holdingswill skip its 2025 year-end dividend, as the tender offer by Hakuhodo DY Holdings assumed no payout, according to a Friday Tokyo bourse filing.
Hakuhodo plans to make Digital a wholly-owned unit and will also acquire HIBC Co. and Time & Space, later absorbing their Digital shares in a company split effective Nov. 5.
Toyokumo reported August sales of 425 million yen, up 59% from a year earlier. Cumulative sales from January to August rose 56% to 3.08 billion yen.
Minebea Mitsumi'stender offer for Shibaura Electronics fell short, with 3.56 million shares tendered against a 7.54 million minimum, according to a Friday Tokyo filing. All shares will be returned.
The outcome follows Japan's approval of Taiwan's Yageo higher 7,130 yen bid.

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