Stock Trading Daily Digest – October 16, 2025

Today’s Stock Market update 📈. Catch the top movers across Nigeria, Africa, and global equities.

1. Asia stocks join Wall Street rally, gold at record high on trade angst – Reuters
2. S&P 500 ends higher after strong bank earnings, chip stocks rally – Reuters
3. Judge blocks Trump from firing federal workers during government shutdown for now
4. Tariffs are pushing prices higher and consumers are feeling the hit, Fed’s Beige Book shows
5. 🇳🇬 Nairametrics – Business News Nigeria | Financial News Nigeria| Economics News Nigeria – Nairametrics
6. 🇳🇬 Polo Luxury issues clarification and consumer advisory amid misleading reports – Nairametrics
7. Stock Market News, Oct. 15, 2025: S&P 500 Finishes Higher After Strong Bank Earnings – The Wall Street Journal
8. Heard on the Street Recap: AI Fever – The Wall Street Journal
9. Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures inch up as Wall Street weighs earnings, renewed US-China trade tensions – Yahoo Finance
10. TSMC Q3 profit expected to set record on AI spending boom – Yahoo Finance
11. OpenAI Has a Business Plan – Bloomberg.com
12. Venture Global’s Gas Plant Is Done – Bloomberg.com
13. US warns world will ‘decouple’ from China if it imposes new export controls – Financial Times
14. S&P Global agrees $1.8bn deal for private markets data provider – Financial Times
15. 🇳🇬 Markets eye bolder rate cut as inflation cools
16. 🇳🇬 Food inflation drops to 16.87% in September on maize, grains decline
17. Stocks Sink in Broad AI Rout Sparked by China’s DeepSeek
18. Comex Gold, Silver Settle Lower
19. 🇳🇬 Marketers blame depots as petrol nears N1,000/litre – Punch Newspapers
20. 🇳🇬 Edun: Ailing finance minister flown abroad for treatment – Punch Newspapers

That’s it for today’s stock market roundup! Which market do you think will rally next? 🚀