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TREE NEWS reports: Taiwan’s benchmark TAIEX index fell 2.8% to close at 47,251.72. The drop marks a sharp single-session decline for the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s weighted index.

TREE NEWS reports: FTSE China A50 index futures fell 1.14% at the open, extending a 0.86% decline from the previous night session. The early drop points to a softer start for Chinese large-cap equities.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index fell 6%, while Japan’s Topix dropped 2%. The yield on Japan’s 10-year government bond declined 5 basis points to 2.945%.

TREE NEWS update: The Korea Exchange activated its sidecar mechanism on the KOSDAQ market, temporarily suspending program selling orders. The circuit-breaker-style tool is invoked when program-selling volume on the index breaches a set threshold, halting those orders for a limited period. No further details on the trigger level or duration were given.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index dropped more than 3% on the day, with memory chip maker Kioxia sliding over 8%. The decline marks a sharp selloff in Japanese equities, led by the semiconductor sector.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened 1.3% lower and South Korea’s Kospi dropped 5.6% at the open. SK Hynix fell 7% and Samsung Electronics lost more than 6% in early trade, with the declines concentrated in the two markets’ semiconductor heavyweights.

TREE NEWS reports: Nasdaq 100 index futures widened their decline to 1%, signaling pressure on US technology stocks ahead of the cash market open. The move reflects a broader risk-off tone in equity futures, with no specific catalyst cited in the material.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s IPO market raised HK$385.57 billion across 115 listings in the first three quarters of 2026, exceeding any full-year total since 2011. The top three underwriters accounted for 42% of total underwriting volume, underscoring a pronounced concentration among leading intermediaries. Regulators continue to flag resource constraints and practice quality at sponsor institutions.

TREE NEWS reports: Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each fell more than 6% in pre-market trading on Nextrade in South Korea. The two chipmakers’ declines came in the pre-market session ahead of the regular open. No further details were given in the available material.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese listed computing-power companies have issued preliminary third-quarter earnings forecasts pointing to large profit gains, as orders for AI servers, high-speed testing equipment and cooling components keep landing, state media reported. Guojin Securities said AI computing demand is driving PCB volumes and prices higher, with many PCB makers running at full capacity, sold out and expanding production.

TREE NEWS reports: S&P 500 futures fell 0.3% and Nasdaq futures dropped 0.7%, extending the previous session’s losses. The declines in US equity index futures point to continued pressure on stocks.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s August core machinery orders are due at 07:50 Beijing time, followed by Australia’s September employment report at 08:30. Later in the day, US September PPI, retail sales, weekly jobless claims and the October New York Fed manufacturing index are scheduled for 20:30, with EIA natural gas and crude inventory reports due at 22:30 and 00:00. TSMC is also set to release earnings.

TREE NEWS reports: Wind data shows more than 20 dividend funds in China issued subscription-suspension notices between Oct. 8 and Oct. 14. At the same time, several new dividend funds are being heavily marketed through distribution channels, including Huaxia’s Hong Kong Stock Connect Dividend Low Volatility ETF and dividend ETFs from Yinhua, GF and Bosera, while nine CSI Dividend Growth ETFs filed before the holiday are preparing to launch. Existing dividend ETFs saw net capital outflows in the second half of the year, a sharp contrast with the new issuance push.

TREE NEWS reports: With Chinese listed companies starting to disclose third-quarter earnings previews, public mutual funds are turning toward stocks with confirmed earnings growth. Fund institutions conducted roughly 1,700 research visits in the past month, with names forecasting profit gains drawing clustered attention. Industry participants expect sectors that actually deliver on earnings to outperform first as the reporting window opens, even as market volatility picks up.

TREE NEWS reports: The US memory chip and hardware supply chain index fell 4.81% on Wednesday, October 14, closing at 179.29 points. The decline marks a sharp single-session drop for the sector gauge tracking storage chip and hardware supply chain names.

TREE NEWS update: Rocket Lab Corp. (RKLB) closed down 7.85% and fell a further 7.76% in after-hours trading after the company pushed the debut flight of its Neutron rocket to 2027. The delay follows newly discovered problems in the manufacturing of the rocket’s propellant tanks during launch preparations. CEO Peter Beck said the company would not rush to the pad with unnecessary risk and that development programs like Neutron inevitably face challenges.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 Semiconductor and Equipment Index closed down 3.66% at 11,379.19, approaching its September 17 close of 11,333.15. Constituents were almost uniformly lower, with Marvell Technology dropping 8.7%, Monolithic Power Systems (MPWR) down about 5.8%, and AMD and Teradyne each falling at least roughly 5.5%. Skyworks was the outlier, gaining more than 0.4%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Magnificent 7 index closed down 1.73% at 235.99 on Wednesday, October 14, sliding steadily after a roughly flat open and retreating further from Tuesday’s intraday record of 241.53 and its all-time closing high. The broader mega-cap tech index fell 2.54% to 465.73.

TREE NEWS update: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he would stop supplying chips to customers developing unsafe artificial-intelligence software, though he sees no need for such concern now. Asked whether he would halt shipments to irresponsible developers, Huang said the answer is yes, but that he would communicate first, adding Nvidia has limited judgment over how others use its general-purpose technology.