A snapshot of motorcycle and ATV industry share performance across key manufacturers and major global markets at the trading week closure on Friday 5 September 2025. BDN financial editor Roger Willis reports.
USA — FALSE START FOR LABOR DAY
New York equities markets stayed firmly shut on Monday, as investors celebrated the Labor Day holiday elsewhere. When trading did commence, its build-up was steadily distorted by fears of a sustained economic slowdown, so as Friday’s closure approached, indices had begun to decline by the early afternoon. Nevertheless, most benchmarks managed to stay shiny side up, if some by painfully narrow margins.
Sole loser was the Dow Jones Industrial Average, finishing 0.3% down. The S&P 500 managed to creep in with 0.3% rise. S&P’s MidCap 400 put on 1.3% and the NASDAQ Composite rose by a slim 1.1%.
Biker celebration of the week came from Harley-Davidson, which finally saw its share price crawl back up into 30-buck territory after it signed off on a “strategic partnership” deal with private equity money-bags KKR and PIMCO. However, largesse didn’t extend to Harley’s electric spin-off, which continued to lose value.
| Currency: dollar | Price | Week | Month |
| Harley-Davidson | 30.20 | +5% | +23.5% |
| Polaris Industries | 59.16 | +4.6% | +19.3% |
| Niu Technologies | 4.34 | -0.7% | +23.6% |
| LiveWire | 3.54 | -8.1% | -9.6% |
EUROPE — HERE WE GO AGAIN
Higher than expected eurozone inflation, which may lead to a fresh round of rate cuts by the European Central Bank and unravel the sums behind some US tariff calculations, rattled investor cages throughout Europe. Key market indices declined, along with the falling mood. In Germany, Frankfurt’s Xetra Dax closed 1.3% down, and the Borsa Italiana’s FTSE MIB in Milan took a 1.4% loss. The Wiener Börse ATX in Austria dropped by only a modest 0.4%. Among motorcycle-related automotive listings, only Piaggio banked cash.
| Currency: euro | Price | Week | Month |
| BMW | 88.44 | -1.1% | +7.7% |
| Volkswagen | 101.40 | -0.8% | +11% |
| Pierer Mobility | 16.14 | -1.7% | -3.4% |
| Piaggio Group | 2.05 | +3% | +8.5% |
JAPAN — COMMON SENSE CATCH-UP
The Japanese investment mood calmed down, as Japan’s dominant Nikkei 225 stock index spanning the Tokyo and Osaka exchanges improved weekly positivity from 0.2% to 0.7%. Among the big indigenous motorcycle brands, Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki prospered.
| Currency: yen | Price | Week | Month |
| Honda | 1693 | +3.1% | +7,4% |
| Yamaha | 1119.5 | +3.8% | +0.9% |
| Suzuki | 2019 | +2.4% | +19.5% |
| Kawasaki | 8911 | -1.3% | -20.4% |
INDIA — RIDERS ON THE STORM
Both Mumbai’s Bombay Stock Exchange S&P BSE Sensex 30 and the National Stock Exchange’s Nifty 50 clung onto modest positivity, as their respective indices closed the week with 1.1% and 1.2% gains. The five indigenous motorcycle manufacturing majors were all clearly popular investments too. Discussion of Trump’s massive tariff attack remains muted.
| Currency: rupee | Price | Week | Month |
| Hero MotoCorp | 5363.00 | +5.4% | +24.4% |
| Bajaj Auto | 9084.50 | +5.2% | +12.9% |
| TVS Motor | 3476.60 | +6.1% | +21.6% |
| Eicher Motors | 6580.50 | +7.8% | +19% |
| Mahindra | 3561.30 | +11.3% | +12.5% |
CHINA — THE DIE IS CAST
Indian premier Narendra Modi, Chinese president Xi Jinping, Russian president Vladimir Putin and North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un assembled an Axis of Evil in Shanghai last week. US president Donald Trump, who regards himself as the most important man in the world, wasn’t invited to this gathering of chums.
A signal as to this occasion’s importance came from the Chinese Yuan/Renminbi currency’s value climbing to its highest level ever against the US dollar since Trump was re-elected. So who will be betting on who?
| Currency: yuan | Price | Week | Month |
| Qianjiang | 17.33 | +2% | +8% |
| Zongshen | 23.84 | -7.4% | +3.5% |
| Sundiro | 4.62 | +1.8% | +2.2% |
| CETC (Jialing) | 13.73 | -6.3% | +11.2% |
| Qianli (Lifan) | 11.38 | -3.7% | +36.7% |
| Loncin | 12.90 | +2.1% | +6.1% |
| Linhai | 10.75 | -0.6% | -3.8% |
| Guangzhou Auto Group | 7.82 | -0.4% | +3.7% |
| CFMoto | 265.14 | -0.6% | +21% |
| Xinri E-Vehicle | 12.69 | -2.2% | +1.5% |