Asia-Pacific Markets Set to Rise Before China's Important Lending Rate Announcement
Written by Emily J. Thompson, Senior Investment Analyst
Updated: Dec 21 2025
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Source: CNBC
Market Outlook in Asia-Pacific: Asia-Pacific markets are expected to rise as investors await China's benchmark lending rate decisions, with Australia's S&P/ASX 200 up 0.54% in early trading.
Japan's Monetary Policy Update: The Bank of Japan increased its policy rate by 25 basis points to 0.75%, marking a three-decade high, while Nikkei 225 futures indicate a stronger opening.
Hong Kong Market Performance: Hong Kong's Hang Seng index futures are trading higher at 25,843, surpassing the previous close of 25,690.53.
U.S. Stock Market Gains: U.S. stocks experienced a second consecutive day of gains, led by Oracle's 6.6% rise following TikTok's agreement to sell its U.S. operations, with the Nasdaq Composite up 1.31%.
Analyst Views on MU
Wall Street analysts forecast MU stock price to fall over the next 12 months. According to Wall Street analysts, the average 1-year price target for MU is 336.12 USD with a low forecast of 235.00 USD and a high forecast of 500.00 USD. However, analyst price targets are subjective and often lag stock prices, so investors should focus on the objective reasons behind analyst rating changes, which better reflect the company's fundamentals.
26 Analyst Rating
24 Buy
2 Hold
0 Sell
Strong Buy
Current: 397.580
Low
235.00
Averages
336.12
High
500.00
Current: 397.580
Low
235.00
Averages
336.12
High
500.00
About MU
Micron Technology, Inc. provides memory and storage solutions. The Company delivers a portfolio of high-performance dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), NAND, and NOR memory and storage products through its Micron and Crucial brands. The Company's products enable advancing in artificial intelligence (AI) and compute-intensive applications. Its segments include Cloud Memory Business Unit (CMBU), Core Data Center Business Unit (CDBU), Mobile and Client Business Unit (MCBU) and Automotive and Embedded Business Unit (AEBU). CMBU is focused on memory solutions for large hyperscale cloud customers, and high bandwidth memory (HBM) for all data center customers. CDBU is focused on memory solutions for mid-tier cloud, enterprise, and OEM data center customers and storage solutions for all data center customers. MCBU is focused on memory and storage solutions for mobile and client segments. AEBU is focused on memory and storage solutions for the automotive, industrial, and consumer segments.
About the author
Emily J. Thompson
Emily J. Thompson, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) with 12 years in investment research, graduated with honors from the Wharton School. Specializing in industrial and technology stocks, she provides in-depth analysis for Intellectia’s earnings and market brief reports.
