📉 U.S. stocks closed Thursday in the red — Nasdaq fell 1.57%, S&P 500 dropped 1.0%, pressured by weak earnings and month-end caution. But after-hours trading brought a surprise: Apple soared 5% and Amazon jumped 11% after strong Q3 results, boosting hopes for a Friday rebound.
🍏 Apple posted record revenue of $102.47 bn (+8%) and EPS of $1.85, driven by iPhone 17 demand and record services income ($28.75 bn, +15%). Despite softer China sales, Apple expects 10–12% growth in the holiday quarter.
🛒 Amazon beat forecasts with $180.2 bn in revenue and EPS of $1.95. Its AWS cloud business grew 20% to $33 bn, powered by AI demand. Q4 guidance: $206–213 bn in sales.
💵 EUR/USD trades near 1.1568, with the USD strengthening across majors.
⚠️ Meanwhile, BlackRock reported a $500 mn fraud case in its private-credit arm, reigniting transparency concerns in that sector.
🌏 Asia-Pacific markets are mixed:
🇯🇵 Nikkei 225 +1.7% as inflation (2.8%) and strong data support rate-hike expectations by the Bank of Japan.
🇭🇰 Hang Seng −0.8%, 🇨🇳 Shanghai Comp −0.6% — weak Chinese industry.
🇦🇺 ASX 200 +0.25%, steady sentiment.
🍚 Tokyo inflation accelerated on food prices (+38% rice), and industrial output rose 2.2% m/m; unemployment stays low at 2.6%.
🇨🇳 China’s PMI 49.0, still below 50, while services ticked up to 50.1. PBOC fixed the yuan stronger at 7.0880 per dollar.
🇦🇺🇳🇿 Australia’s data show moderate PPI growth; NZ consumer confidence dipped to 92.4.
🥇 Gold down 0.3% to $4 008, Silver up 0.4% to $49.
💎 Bitcoin trades near $109 800, Ethereum around $3 850, with volatility rising ahead of FED signals.
🎃 Markets may still have a Halloween twist today — will it be a trick or a treat?
🌅 Morning Market Update (31.10.2025) was originally published in Coinmonks on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.
