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TREE NEWS reports: Foreign investors now hold more than RMB 4 trillion in tradable A-share market value, Shanghai Stock Exchange Vice President Yuan Duoran said at the 2026 Global Wealth Management Forum in Shanghai. Yuan said these investors have become important participants in China’s capital market. The figure covers all categories of overseas investors.

TREE NEWS reports: Indonesia fined Barito Renewables and Dian in connection with a stock manipulation investigation, Bloomberg reported. The penalties follow a probe into trading in the two companies’ shares. No further details on the size of the fines or the identities of other parties involved were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s ChiNext Index closed down 0.39% on Thursday after a higher open, while the Shanghai Composite rose 0.24% and the Shenzhen Component slipped 0.12%. Low-altitude economy names surged, with more than ten stocks including Huali Chuangtong and Wanfeng Auto hitting the daily limit, alongside a broad rally in defense stocks. Total turnover across the three markets reached nearly 1.57 trillion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: European equities opened mixed on the day, with the Euro Stoxx 50 up 0.4% and Germany’s DAX gaining 0.5%. France’s CAC 40 rose 0.3%, while the UK’s FTSE 100 slipped 0.4% at the open.

TREE NEWS reports: The Shanghai Composite closed at 3716.28, up 0.24%, while the Shenzhen Component fell 0.12% to 11802.46. The ChiNext Index dropped 0.39% to 2772.38 and the CSI 300 gained 0.11% to 4170.61. The STAR 50 slipped 0.06% to 1358.65, with the CSI 500 and CSI 1000 each up 0.05%, at 6772.75 and 6681.94.

TREE NEWS reports: China AMC’s SSE 50 ETF (510050) saw a sharp increase in trading volume in the final session of the day, with turnover exceeding 5 billion yuan. The late-session surge in the fund, which tracks the SSE 50 Index, came as broader Chinese equity ETFs drew heavy trading activity.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese bond ETFs again exceeded 300 billion yuan in daily turnover, marking a fifth consecutive session above that level this week. Turnover hit a record 340.7 billion yuan on Oct. 13. Short-term financing bond ETF Haitong (511360) led with 68.4 billion yuan, followed by corporate bond ETF E Fund (551500) at 12 billion yuan and sci-tech bond ETF Harvest (159600) at 11.3 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: WuXi AppTec’s shares dived toward the daily limit-down in late trading, with turnover exceeding 9.6 billion yuan ($1.3 billion). The sharp late-session drop came without any stated reason in the material. The stock closed near its lowest permitted level for the day.

TREE NEWS reports: The STAR 50 index, tracking the 50 largest companies on Shanghai’s STAR Market, extended its decline to 1% on the day. The move marks a widening of the index’s losses, with the drop deepening from earlier levels. No further details on the drivers or individual constituent moves were given.

TREE NEWS reports: The ChiNext Index dropped more than 1% in late trading after rising over 1.7% earlier in the session. Components, CRO and AI video sectors continued to retreat. The sharp intraday reversal erased the index’s morning gains as selling pressure in those sectors intensified into the close.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 1.4% higher at 65,324.29, while the broader Topix rose 1.7% to 4,066. South Korea’s Kospi also ended up 2% at 5,668.05. The gains mark a broadly positive session across major Asian equity benchmarks.

TREE NEWS reports: CoreWeave’s three co-founders have sold $3.3 billion worth of company stock since the AI cloud provider’s US IPO last year, with $2.4 billion of that cashed out in 2024 alone. The share sales come as credit risk rises and investor caution over AI spending fuels sharp swings in the stock.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese A-share CRO concept stocks extended their decline, with C-Lianya falling more than 20%. WuXi AppTec slid over 5%, while Medicilon, Pharmaron and Joinn Laboratories also traded lower.

TREE NEWS reports: Fliggy’s 2026 Double 11 shopping event opened at 8 pm on October 15, with nearly 1 million units of promotional merchandise sold in the first four hours. More than 200 merchants doubled their transaction value compared with last year.

TREE NEWS reports: US September CPI rose 0.6% month-on-month and 3.7% year-on-year, above the 3.6% consensus, while core CPI climbed 0.3% on the month and 2.6% annually. PPI followed a day later with a 1.3% monthly gain — the largest since March 2022 — and 6.3% year-on-year. As of October 15, rate futures put the odds of a 25bp October hike at about 27%, with at least one more hike by December seen at 70%-80%.

TREE NEWS reports: Among the first 18 active ETFs filed in China, several products have revised their names to specify investment scope and strategy, adding labels such as quantitative stock selection, balanced allocation, large-cap growth and dividend prosperity. Industry insiders said further name refinements are possible, since the products have not yet reached the final approval stage.

TREE NEWS reports: The ChiNext Index fell back into negative territory in afternoon trading, while gains on the Shanghai Composite and Shenzhen Component Index narrowed in tandem. The intraday reversal marks a pullback from earlier advances for the two broader benchmarks.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese A-share semiconductor names fell on June 20, with Rockchip (瑞芯微) hitting the 10% daily limit-down. Torrance, Jingyi Equipment, Youyan New Materials and Youyan Silicon also declined as the sector weakened in patches. No company-specific news was cited for the moves.

TREE NEWS reports: Schneider Electric reported third-quarter organic revenue growth of 16.9%, ahead of the 13.8% market estimate, with total quarterly revenue of €11.46 billion versus €11.1 billion expected. The company raised its full-year organic revenue growth guidance to 12%-14% from 10%-13%, against a 13.2% consensus, and lifted its adjusted EBITA margin outlook to 19.7%-19.9% from 19.4%-19.7%.