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TREE NEWS update: Wohua Pharmaceutical will release the first A-share third-quarter report on October 10, opening the 2026 Q3 disclosure season, with several companies including Sichuan Chuantou Energy and Yutong Bus reporting before October 20. Wind data shows 20 listed companies have so far issued Q3 earnings pre-announcements, of which 15 are positive, a 75% positive ratio.

TREE NEWS update: New China Life Insurance increased its holdings of China AVIC H-shares through centralized bidding on the secondary market, with its stake reaching the disclosure threshold for the H-share capital of the listed company, the Insurance Association of China disclosed. The number of stake disclosures by Chinese insurers has fallen noticeably this year versus the same period a year earlier, though allocations to equity assets remain strong and are becoming more diversified across instruments, channels and strategies.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese mutual funds are actively expanding into the A-share private placement market amid wide market swings, with a pronounced top-tier concentration among participants. China Post Fund, Nord Fund, E Fund, Industrial Global Fund, Yimi Fund, Guotai Fund and China Universal Fund are among the frequent participants, deploying index, ‘fixed income plus’ and active equity products in coordinated groups.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese public fund managers bought into their own newly launched funds amid recent market volatility. ICBC Credit Suisse Asset Management and its wholly owned subsidiary subscribed more than 45 million yuan of an engineering machinery ETF, while Xingzheng Global Fund bought 10 million yuan each of two of its products. Dacheng, Invesco Great Wall and Bosera also purchased their own new “fixed income plus” offerings.

TREE NEWS reports: The borrowing spree financing artificial intelligence is shaking investors in the more than $10 trillion US corporate bond market, forcing a repricing of risk around some of the largest technology companies as credit insurance costs spike and volatility rises. Oracle, Broadcom and SpaceX are among borrowers that have issued nearly $500 billion in new debt this year to fund AI infrastructure. The pace and scale of issuance, combined with uncertainty over the technology and rising rates, is pressuring the sector and pushing investors to demand higher compensation for lending.

TREE NEWS reports: Datong Securities advertised an account-opening commission rate of 0.00691% in late September, just 0.05 of a ten-thousandth of a point above the exchange’s mandatory fee collection, while Guosen Securities, Zhongtai Securities and other institutions cut new-account commission rates below the 0.01% threshold. Experts say brokerage business has entered a thin-margin phase where price competition is no longer sustainable, opening a deeper industry restructuring from competing on fees to competing on service.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese insurance asset managers said they expect A-share market volatility to ease and a rebound window to open in the fourth quarter, favoring a mainly structural recovery. After the sharp third-quarter pullback, they plan to focus on value and defensive sectors, while in tech growth they will look for names with high earnings certainty.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese fund managers running portfolios of 10 billion yuan or more have been adding to technology stocks through private placements during the sector’s recent pullback. Industry participants said the AI sector’s growth logic remains intact, and the clustering of institutional participation in tech placements reflects optimism on the sector. Managers flagged a need to focus on industry trends and companies’ ability to deliver on earnings.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese brokerage analysts said the recent pickup in A-share market volatility stems mainly from overseas disturbances and domestic institutional position adjustments, while underlying fundamentals remain intact. Several analysts told reporters that October market conditions are still worth anticipating given calendar effects, and recommended balanced allocation across AI, real estate and consumer sectors showing signs of recovery.

TREE NEWS reports: Moody’s, S&P and Fitch have raised the credit ratings or industry rating baselines of Chinese securities firms in a synchronised wave this year, lifting CITIC Securities, Guotai Haitong and CICC into the “A” band. The moves mark a rare simultaneous reassessment of the sector by all three major international rating agencies.

TREE NEWS reports: The US memory chip and hardware supply chain index closed down 3.78% at 201.83 on Thursday, October 8, its lowest close since September 17. All constituents fell, with SanDisk down 4.9%, while Micron Technology, SK Hynix ADR and Seagate Technology dropped as much as 4.79%. Kioxia ADR lost 6.48%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Magnificent 7 index closed down 1.09% at 236.96 on Thursday, October 8, pulling back from its record closing high set on October 7. A rebound attempt failed at 00:17 Beijing time, after which the index widened its losses and traded lower for more than an hour, moving further off the intraday record hit on October 6. The mega-cap tech index closed down 1.55% at 472.03.

TREE NEWS reports: At the Thursday close in New York, S&P 500 futures fell 0.41% and Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 1.23%, while Dow futures gained 0.12% and Russell 2000 futures rose 0.06%. The split close left blue-chip and small-cap contracts slightly higher as tech-heavy futures led the decline.

TREE NEWS reports: The US information technology index fell 2.48% to 440.91 points on Thursday, October 8. Coherent led decliners, dropping 9.63%, followed by ALAB, CoreWeave, IREN, NBIS, Corning, Lumentum, Oracle, Intel and SanDisk, which fell between 9.21% and 4.9%. Apple rose 1.11%, while Palantir gained 2.4%, MongoDB 2.29%, Snowflake 3.17%, Adobe 3.56% and Accenture 5.96%.

TREE NEWS reports: US sector ETFs closed mixed on Thursday, October 8. The semiconductor ETF dropped 2.84%, the global tech index ETF fell 2.01% and the technology sector ETF lost 1.79%, while the financials ETF, regional banks ETF and banking ETF gained as much as 1.05%.

TREE NEWS reports: On Thursday, October 8, the emerging markets ETF closed down 1.89%, the Nasdaq 100 ETF fell 1.33% and the Barclays US convertible bond ETF lost 1.28%, while soybeans, agriculture, the S&P 500 ETF, long-dollar and Russell 2000 ETFs fell as much as 0.72%. Gainers included long-yen, the Dow ETF, long-euro, inflation-linked bond and US investment-grade corporate bond ETFs, up at least 0.1%, with gold, US real estate and 20+ year Treasury ETFs up at least 0.73%, the long volatility index up 2.01% and the US Brent oil fund up 2.81%.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500’s 11 sectors closed mixed, with information technology falling 1.78% and consumer discretionary down 0.47%. Consumer staples rose 2.12% and energy gained 2.92%, the strongest performer of the session. The split session saw defensive and energy names outpace technology and consumer cyclicals.

TREE NEWS reports: The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index closed down 1.29% at 3,129.34 on Thursday, October 8, after touching a session high of 3,185.56 in early Asia-Pacific trading and then sliding steadily. Most constituents fell, led by Ola Electric Mobility down 4.65%, Ballard Power Systems down 4.2%, RoboSense Technology down 4.17% and Porsche P911 down 4.01% in Frankfurt. Yadea Group Holdings rose 4.83% in Hong Kong and ITM Power gained 2.73% in London.

TREE NEWS reports: Oracle stock closed down 5.6% on the day, marking its largest single-day decline since July 16. The drop stands as the software and cloud company’s steepest one-session fall in months, with no further details disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Apple will release its first touchscreen Mac alongside a new iPad Mini in late October, marking the company’s first Mac with a touch-enabled display. The two devices are scheduled to arrive together in the same launch window. No pricing, specifications or regional availability details were disclosed.