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TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s TOPIX index closed above its previous record high, setting a new all-time closing level. The broad-market gauge of Tokyo-listed shares surpassed the prior peak, marking a fresh milestone for Japanese equities. No further details on the closing level or the drivers of the move were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened 0.14% lower, while South Korea’s Kospi Composite opened down 1.1%. The two Asian benchmarks started the session in negative territory, with the Korean index posting the steeper opening decline.

TREE NEWS reports: DeepSeek has raised more than 80 billion yuan in a funding round led by Tencent and CATL, exceeding earlier expectations, with an IPO window pointing to early next year. Separately, Moonshot AI is said to have completed a round at a $50 billion valuation and could list in Hong Kong as early as Q1 2027, raising up to $5 billion, while Kling AI plans to raise at least $1 billion.

TREE NEWS update: The Hong Kong Stock Exchange approved the IPO application of Jiangsu Slender West Lake Cultural Tourism. The approval clears a key regulatory hurdle for the Chinese scenic-spot operator’s planned listing in Hong Kong, though the filing did not disclose the size of the offering, the pricing, or a timetable for the debut.

TREE NEWS update: Semiconductor manufacturing equipment supplier Towa Corp. will build a new plant in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The company announced the plan for the additional production site as demand for chipmaking gear continues. No investment figure or construction timeline was disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Shenzhen-based Transsion Holdings has applied for a Hong Kong IPO, offering 86.6 million shares at a top of the indicative price range of HK$38.80 each. The listing is expected to raise more than HK$3.3 billion, with shares scheduled to begin trading on October 15.

TREE NEWS update: Kalshi has launched a US 500 perpetual future that carries no expiration date. The stock-index contract uses daily funding payments and futures-account collateral, and Kalshi displayed maximum leverage of 15.3 times on launch day.

TREE NEWS update: Apple will launch a doorbell, smart door lock and thermostat co-developed with LG. The two companies are also preparing indoor and outdoor security cameras. The tie-up intensifies Apple’s competition with Amazon and Google in the smart home market.

TREE NEWS reports: In late New York trading on Tuesday, October 6, S&P 500 futures closed up 0.68%, Dow futures gained 0.56% and Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.56%. Russell 2000 futures bucked the trend, falling 0.54%.

TREE NEWS reports: All 11 S&P 500 sectors closed broadly higher, led by utilities, which rose 3.01% on across-the-board gains among its constituents. Constellation Energy (CEG) jumped 12.25%, Vistra climbed 10.77% and NRG Energy added 7.02% for the third-best performance. Consumer discretionary rose 1.39%, information technology gained 0.55%, while health care slipped 0.16%.

TREE NEWS reports: On Tuesday, October 6, most US sector ETFs closed higher. Utilities led gains at 2.98%, followed by consumer discretionary at 1.2% and the networking-stock index ETF at 1.01%; energy rose 0.47%. Semiconductors slipped 0.22% and biotech fell 2.32%.

TREE NEWS reports: Soybean funds closed up 1.5% on Tuesday, October 6, leading gains among major US asset-class ETFs, with agricultural commodity funds up 1.37%. US real estate ETFs, the US Brent crude oil fund and gold ETFs each rose at least 0.7%, while the S&P 500 ETF, Dow ETF, Barclays US convertible bond ETF, Nasdaq 100 ETF, long-euro position and 20+ year US Treasury ETF gained at most 0.55%. Long-yen fell 0.16%, the long-dollar index dropped 0.31%, emerging market ETFs lost 0.67%, the Russell 2000 ETF fell 0.71% and long-volatility dropped 2.62%.

TREE NEWS reports: Ciena Corp. (CIEN) closed up 14%, its largest single-day gain since September 2025. The move marks the optical networking company’s biggest one-day advance in roughly four months.

TREE NEWS reports: US stocks closed higher on October 7, with the Dow up 0.42%, the Nasdaq up 0.47% and the S&P 500 up 0.56%. Among notable names, SKHY fell 6.11%, Intel (INTC) dropped 3.20%, AMD rose 2.79%, SanDisk (SNDK) fell 2.57%, BitMine (BMNR) fell 2.32% and Amazon (AMZN) rose 1.95%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index closed up 0.3% on an initial basis. Among popular Chinese ADRs, GDS rose 5.6%, Canadian Solar gained 3.2% and Hesai added 2.1%, while NIO, XPeng, Yum China and New Oriental each rose at least about 1%. Pinduoduo gained 0.5% and Xiaomi 0.2%, while Baidu finished roughly flat and Alibaba fell 1.4%. The CQQQ and KWEB ETFs each slipped 0.1%.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 rose 0.6% to a record closing high, with utilities up 2.9% and consumer discretionary and real estate each gaining more than 1%. Tech added 0.5% while healthcare slipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index fell 2.3%. In the Nasdaq 100, up 0.5%, Constellation Energy climbed 12.2%, Nebius Group gained 7.2% and Astera Labs rose 6.7%, while Seagate Technology dropped 9.1%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index rose 1.68% to 3,207.35 at the New York close on Tuesday, October 6, holding near highs through the Asia-Pacific morning session from 10:00 Beijing time. Among constituents, Ecopro BM gained 11.4%, Posco Future M closed up more than 9.4%, L&F added over 8.9%, Samsung SDI rose 8.7%, Chery Automobile’s H shares climbed 7.95% and LG Energy Solution gained 5.12%.

TREE NEWS update: Waymo has increased the size of its private debt financing to $5 billion. The Alphabet-owned autonomous driving company upsized the raise from its previously targeted amount.

TREE NEWS reports: The Hang Seng Index main futures contract closed its night session up 0.07% at 24,272 points. The Hang Seng Tech Index main futures contract closed the same session up 0.02% at 4,223 points.

TREE NEWS reports: Bank of America strategists said investors worried about holding tech giants can still participate in the rally through equity derivatives while cushioning against a potential bubble burst. They flagged that the Nasdaq 100’s advance is being driven by only a handful of AI-related stocks, raising concerns of a narrow-breadth bubble. For investors fearing they will miss out, the strategists called buying call options on the Invesco QQQ Trust ETF an attractive, risk-limited way to gain upside exposure.