A man looks at a stock quotation board displaying the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025. REUTERSA man looks at a stock quotation board displaying the Nikkei share average outside a brokerage in Tokyo, Japan, October 21, 2025. REUTERSAsia shares rose on Thursday, reversing a steep selloff from the previous session after better-than-expected US economic data drew investors back into markets trading near record highs. That helped lift Wall Street overnight as jitters over inflated technology stock valuations abated and upbeat company earnings also restored investors' risk appetite. "The odds of a December Fed funds rate cut are drifting further south," said Jose Torres, senior economist at Interactive Brokers.
