A snapshot of motorcycle and ATV industry share performance across key manufacturers and major global markets at the trading week closure on Friday 28 November 2025. BDN financial editor Roger Willis reports.
USA — MARKETS CLOSE DOORS
Many global stocks were more or less parked, as US half-day trading conspired with an unexpected New York electronic exchange outage to send everybody home early.
| Currency: dollar | Price | Week | Month |
| Harley-Davidson | 24.47 | +2.2% | -3.7% |
| Polaris Industries | 66.36 | +4.3% | -4.5% |
| Niu Technologies | 3.47 | +0.2% | -0.9% |
| LiveWire | 4.26 | +0.47% | -1.4% |
EUROPE — GERMAN CHANCELLOR CHEERED
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz put a highly publicised move on Brussels to scrap its strict ban on combustion engined cars after the EC’s 2035 deadline. Investor response was spectacular, and both Germany’s Xetra Dax index and the FTSE MIB in Italy went ballistic at this prospect.
| Currency: euro | Price | Week | Month |
| BMW | 88.04 | +2.9% | +6.9% |
| Volkswagen | 99.50 | +3.4% | +8.1% |
| Pierer Mobility | 17.46 | +1.2% | +3.4% |
| Piaggio Group | 1.87 | +0.9% | -0.2% |
JAPAN — CALM AND COLLECTED
Japanese lady prime minister Takaichi Sanae’s stimulus package recovered from initial doubters and the Tokyo/Osaka Nikkei 225 market index staged a significant recovery. Japan’s big motorcycle and automotive manufacturers mostly basked in satisfactory responses to their half-year results reflections.
| Currency: yen | Price | Week | Month |
| Honda | 1572 | +2.2% | -2.3% |
| Yamaha | 1131.5 | +1.3% | +1.2% |
| Suzuki | 2441 | +3.5% | +1.5% |
| Kawasaki | 9882 | -1.2% | -8.3% |
INDIA — PATIENCE ON PROSPECTS
Mumbai’s S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 market indices closed on negligible matching returns of just 0.5%, as investors weighed up government claims of a surge in economic growth.
| Currency: rupee | Price | Week | Month |
| Hero MotoCorp | 6174.50 | +2.9% | +6.4% |
| Bajaj Auto | 9073.50 | +2% | -3% |
| TVS Motor | 3531.50 | +2.6% | -6.2% |
| Eicher Motors | 7053.50 | -1.2% | +2.1% |
| Mahindra | 3757.30 | +7.7% | +13.2% |
CHINA — THE WAITING GAME
China’s key stock market indices — Shanghai’s SSE Composite and the Shanghai/Shenzhen blue-chip CSI 300 — continued to struggle in the face of market-challenging factors, as investors still await exposure to any firm trade agreement between President Trump and Chinese supremo Xi Jinping.
| Currency: yuan | Price | Week | Month |
| Qianjiang | 15.66 | +0.5% | -1.1% |
| Zongshen | 22.31 | +1.3% | -1.03% |
| Sundiro | 5.54 | +0.5% | -0.4% |
| CETC (Jialing) | 15.54 | +1.2% | +1.9% |
| Afari (Lifan) | 10.72 | -0.2% | -0.6% |
| Loncin | 14.37 | +1.33% | +0.9% |
| Linhai | 10.86 | +0.45% | -0.3% |
| Guangzhou Auto Group | 9.25 | +1.7% | +1.5% |
| CFMoto | 264.50 | +16.5% | +21.5% |
| Xinri E-Vehicle | 14.17 | +0.6% | +1.5% |