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TREE NEWS reports: China’s three main A-share indices all turned positive, with the ChiNext Index recovering after falling more than 1% earlier in the session. PCB, oil and gas, gaming and coal sectors led the gains, while nearly 2,000 stocks across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exchanges advanced.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese oil and gas stocks advanced in volatile trading, with Bomesc Offshore Engineering hitting the daily limit up. Keli Shares, China Oilfield Services, Xinchao Energy, Xinjiang Xintai Natural Gas and CNOOC each gained more than 4%.

TREE NEWS reports: The ChiNext Index, which tracks growth-oriented stocks on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, dropped more than 1% on the session. The decline marks a pullback for the tech-heavy benchmark, which is weighted toward Chinese growth and technology companies. No specific catalyst was cited in the market data.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s banking sector extended its rally, with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Construction Bank and Bank of China all setting new record highs. Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank, Bank of Chengdu and Bank of Changsha led the gains. No specific figures or dates were disclosed in the market update.

TREE NEWS reports: Shares in China’s battery supply chain strengthened again, with Yunnan Energy New Material and Vico Technology both hitting their daily limit up. Liwang shares, Wuhan Landian, Shidai Wanheng and Keheng shares followed the gains. The move marks a renewed rally across the sector’s listed names.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s major stock indices opened lower on the session, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.27% at 3790.63 and the Shenzhen Component off 0.36% at 12308.64. The ChiNext Index fell 0.52% to 2943.01, the CSI 300 dropped 0.38% to 4259.33, and the STAR 50 declined 0.54% to 1419.46.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened 0.26% lower at 24,282.25 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index slipped 0.02% and the Hang Seng Biotech Index fell 1.25%. Akeso led the declines, dropping 6.7%.

TREE NEWS reports: Margin financing balances on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges fell a combined 9.066 billion yuan to 2.508 trillion yuan as of October 13. The Shanghai exchange’s balance stood at 1.286 trillion yuan, down 3.102 billion yuan from the prior trading day, while Shenzhen’s was 1.222 trillion yuan, down 5.964 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: Retail investors net bought about $9.1 billion of US stocks through Citadel Securities’ platform last week, the largest weekly net buying in nearly 15 years, the firm’s head of equity and derivatives strategy. Flows went mainly into AI-related stocks and ETFs, with roughly $2.6 billion into semiconductor shares, the third-highest weekly level in the past year, and about $2.4 billion into AI infrastructure names. Rubner said the inflow reflected stronger directional buying rather than higher overall trading volume.

TREE NEWS reports: Bank of America’s latest Global Fund Manager Survey found that the US 10-year Treasury yield would need to rise to nearly 6% before bonds become attractive enough to draw investors out of equities. The finding underscores the resilience of the stock market even as borrowing costs surge.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s KOSPI extended its gain to 1.1% on the day. The benchmark index’s advance marks a continued move higher in Seoul trading. No further details on the drivers of the move were provided.

TREE NEWS update: Bitcoin treasury company Strive (ASST) plans to issue 5 million shares of a new perpetual preferred stock, SATS, at $100 per share to raise $500 million. Proceeds will fund additional bitcoin purchases, acquisitions of yield-bearing assets, or share buybacks. SATS carries a fixed 15% dividend paid daily and ranks junior to Strive’s existing SATA preferred, now yielding 13%. Strive also plans a reserve covering SATS’s first 18 months of dividends.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s KOSPI opened up 39.05 points, or 0.65%, at 6074.4 on Wednesday, October 14. Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened 187.14 points higher, or 0.28%, at 67964.66 the same day. Both benchmarks started the session in positive territory.

TREE NEWS update: Robinhood has opened its social trading network, Robinhood Social, to all eligible US users, CEO Vlad Tenev said on October 13. The in-app feed lets users follow other traders, view shared account activity and place qualifying trades directly from posts via Quick trade, and share charts, P&L and portfolio allocations. Launched in beta in March, it will reach the desktop platform Robinhood Legend in coming weeks. Futures and multi-leg options cannot be shared.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese A-share companies forecast large profit increases for the first three quarters of 2026, led by printed circuit board suppliers. Fuchun Dyeing expects net profit of RMB 338-378 million, up 1,347.69%-1,519.01% year on year. PCB peer Baoding Technology guided to RMB 330-370 million, up 536.88%-614.07%, while Xingsen Technology sees RMB 400-430 million, up 204.20%-227.02%.

TREE NEWS reports: Apple’s market capitalization crossed $5 trillion intraday on October 14, 2026, even as the S&P 500 finished roughly flat and the Nasdaq edged lower, with storage-chip shares extending losses that weighed on tech. Long-dated US Treasuries rose. New York Fed President John Williams said one more rate hike is possible this year but that further increases should not be needed in 2027.

TREE NEWS reports: Positive factors are accumulating in China’s A-share market, with incremental inflows led by equity ETFs, strong technology-sector earnings and several listed companies forecasting sharp third-quarter profit growth, alongside easing overseas disruptions. Analysts say that if tightening expectations cool, geopolitical tensions ease further and Q3 results confirm earnings, market sentiment could gradually turn, opening a short-term repair window after the recent risk release.

TREE NEWS reports: China AMC fund manager Gu Xinfeng said the Beijing Stock Exchange now offers a contrarian entry point, with the BSE 50 index having retreated from highs this year and valuations continuing to digest. He cited a healthier funding ecosystem, steady liquidity from existing index and BSE-themed funds, growing share buybacks, and policy dividends moving from expectation to implementation, making the current low a window for medium- to long-term opportunities.

TREE NEWS reports: Lithium carbonate futures fell 1.67% on October 13 to close at 107,060 yuan per tonne, narrowing from the previous session’s 11.79% drop. The front-month LC2701 contract has lost 33.5% since September and touched a year-low of 102,700 yuan per tonne. Spot battery-grade lithium carbonate slipped another 2,900 yuan to 108,850 yuan per tonne.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s Shanghai Composite Index oscillated around 3800 points over the four trading sessions after the National Day holiday, with capital rotating positions rather than exiting the market. Analysts attributed the post-holiday pullback and structural divergence to external disruptions and amplified short-term sentiment, describing it as a phase of expectation and trading adjustment. With external headwinds easing, policy support and rising corporate earnings are expected to strengthen A-share fundamentals and repair sentiment.