TREE NEWS reports: Germany’s seasonally adjusted exports rose 2% month-on-month in September, recovering from a 0.8% decline in the previous month. The September increase marks a rebound in Europe’s largest economy’s export activity after the prior month’s contraction.
TREE NEWS reports: Brent crude fell 2.0% intraday to $96.35 a barrel, while West Texas Intermediate dropped 1.5% to $89.45 a barrel. The move reflects a broad decline in oil prices during the session.
TREE NEWS update: Shanghai’s Food and Drug Safety Commission issued a 15th Five-Year Plan for drug safety and high-quality development of the pharmaceutical industry. The plan calls for targeted oversight of key areas and products, stationing inspectors at in-production vaccine manufacturers, and full-coverage supervision of vaccines, blood products, advanced therapy drugs, sterile drugs, special drugs and segmented production. It also strengthens risk controls in data reliability, sterility assurance, deviation management and change management.
TREE NEWS update: Nvidia shares extended losses to nearly 6% in overnight U.S. trading after CEO Jensen Huang admitted to an extramarital affair and apologized. The drop came in after-hours trading, with the stock’s decline widening following Huang’s statement. No further details were provided.
TREE NEWS update: Nvidia’s board launched an independent investigation into CEO Jensen Huang after he admitted an extramarital affair in an internal letter on Nov. 8, saying it saw no reason to believe national security or company trade secrets were compromised. Nvidia shares fell 4% in after-hours trading, erasing about $180 billion in market value. Huang, whose Forbes net worth exceeds $162.2 billion, will remain CEO, public policy communications head John Rizzo confirmed.
TREE NEWS update: Huatai Securities has completed repo financing under its third Securities, Funds and Insurance Companies Swap Facility (SFISF) operation and used the proceeds to buy stocks. The Chinese brokerage said it will keep raising its allocation to A-shares and equity ETFs, using the full amount of swap-facility funding to add long-term capital to the market.
TREE NEWS update: Zhejiang province issued a 3-year ordinary special local government bond of 4.3299 billion yuan at a 1.2400% coupon, with a bid-to-cover marginal multiple of 4.42 times against an expected 1.24. The same day it priced a 15-year toll-road special bond of 200 million yuan at 1.8800% and a 20-year other special bond of 9.618 billion yuan at 2.0500%, among a series of tranches.
TREE NEWS reports: Alphabet is considering issuing Hong Kong dollar and Singapore dollar bonds as soon as this month. The potential dual-currency sale would mark a rare foray by the US technology giant into Asia’s local-currency debt markets. No size, tenor or pricing details were disclosed.
TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia shares traded 4.5% below Friday’s US closing price on Tradegate, the German trading venue, in the latest session. The move marks a pullback for the chipmaker’s stock relative to its last US close. No further details were immediately available.
TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed up 2.3% at 58,775.50 on the day, while the broader Topix index rose 3% to 3,818.16. South Korea’s Kospi bucked the regional trend, closing down 0.8% at 5,018.85.
TREE NEWS reports: Sharp reported second-quarter operating profit of 4.73 billion yen, missing the 7.96 billion yen estimate, on net sales of 448.26 billion yen versus 460.59 billion yen expected. Net profit came in at 7.71 billion yen, beating the 6.06 billion yen estimate. The company kept its full-year operating profit forecast at 30.0 billion yen, below the 34.08 billion yen market estimate, and reiterated a full-year net profit outlook of 25.0 billion yen and net sales of 1.77 trillion yen.
TREE NEWS update: China’s Special Envoy for Middle East Affairs Zhai Jun visited Iran on November 8, 2026, meeting senior Iranian officials including Deputy Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council Bagheri and Deputy Foreign Minister Ravanchi. The two sides exchanged views on China-Iran relations and the current Middle East situation. China stated that force cannot solve problems, the sovereignty and security of all countries must be respected, and all parties should pursue peaceful choices and focus on a political solution.
TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-share innovative drug sector fell in volatile trading, with Baicheng Pharmaceutical dropping more than 15%. Guilin Sanjin briefly hit the daily limit-down, while Asymchem, CSPC Jingfeng, Liuzhou Pharma and Allist Pharmaceuticals also declined. No specific catalyst for the selloff was given in the material.
TREE NEWS update: Maserati and Zunjie are collaborating on a project named “Maserati Design,” a three-way partnership involving Huawei, JAC and Stellantis. The new vehicle’s exterior design has been confirmed, with further mass-production updates planned for the fourth quarter of next year. Due to Maserati’s domestic production qualification issues, the vehicle will be manufactured through JAC with Huawei providing technology, sold under the Zunjie brand in China and the Maserati badge abroad.
TREE NEWS update: Saudi Arabia issued a danger warning for the Riyadh region. The warning covers the capital and surrounding area, with no further details immediately provided on the nature of the hazard or any precautionary measures. The alert comes as authorities advised residents in the Riyadh region to take note of the danger notice.
TREE NEWS update: Crédit Agricole has proposed merging its Italian operations with Banco BPM, the French bank said. The proposal would combine Crédit Agricole’s Italian business with the Milan-based lender, whose shareholders would receive shares in the combined entity. Crédit Agricole did not disclose the financial terms of the proposed transaction.
TREE NEWS reports: The New Zealand dollar extended its gain versus the US dollar to 1% following the country’s election. The currency’s move reflects immediate post-election trading, with the kiwi strengthening against the greenback by that margin. No further details on the election outcome or market drivers were provided.
TREE NEWS reports: UniCredit reported third-quarter revenue of €6.90 billion, beating the €6.47 billion estimate, with net profit of €3.26 billion versus €2.8 billion expected. Net interest income came in at €3.83 billion, above the €3.72 billion estimate, while fees and commissions reached €2.28 billion. Trading profit surged to €293 million against a €100.8 million estimate, and pre-tax profit was €4.26 billion, topping the €3.84 billion forecast.
TREE NEWS update: Alibaba Cloud raised the monthly quotas of its Token Plan personal subscriptions by roughly 74% to 78% while keeping monthly fees unchanged. The Lite tier rises from 11,500 to 20,000 credits at 39 yuan a month, Essential from 25,500 to 45,000 credits at 79 yuan, and Standard from 45,000 to 80,000 credits at 139 yuan.
TREE NEWS reports: Active addresses on OP Mainnet climbed nearly 20-fold to a 30-day high, while transactions rose far less than addresses and user-paid fees stayed close to their preceding seven-day median. The divergence suggests the address growth was not matched by a proportional increase in on-chain activity or fee revenue.