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TREE NEWS reports: Accenture’s optimistic annual sales forecast sent US software stocks higher in premarket trading. IBM rose 5.7%, ServiceNow gained 3%, Salesforce climbed 2.5% and Adobe added 2.2%. The moves came as investors weighed the consulting firm’s outlook against the broader software sector.

TREE NEWS update: AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron said Robinhood tokenized AMC shares without the company’s consent, calling the product “disgusting.” Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev said no consent was required and that the product serves international investors seeking US equity exposure. The token, issued by an offshore Robinhood subsidiary as a debt security, tracks the share price but gives buyers no ownership of the underlying stock — a synthetic structure the industry calls a “wrapper.”

TREE NEWS reports: Accenture shares extended their pre-market rally to a 10% gain after the company reported fourth-quarter revenue that beat analyst estimates. The consulting firm’s Q4 top line came in above consensus, driving the sharp move in pre-market trading. No additional figures were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Accenture reported fourth-quarter revenue of $18.7 billion, up 6.3% year over year and ahead of the $18.04 billion market estimate. Quarterly EPS came in at $3.29 versus $2.25 a year earlier, while gross margin was 32%, compared with 31.9% last year and a 31.8% estimate. The company guided full-year 2027 EPS to $14.39-$14.81.

TREE NEWS reports: TSMC is considering a new Texas campus that would include multiple wafer fabs, contingent on US Congress extending the advanced manufacturing tax credit set to expire at the end of this year, people familiar said. The company has already committed $265 billion to its Arizona site, and North America generated more than 75% of its wafer revenue so far this year. Each fab would cost at least $20 billion; the plan remains at an early stage.

TREE NEWS update: Broadcom will extend a loan of up to $42 billion to Anthropic to fund the AI company’s leasing of Broadcom chips, the company said. The financing is tied directly to Anthropic’s use of Broadcom silicon rather than a conventional equity investment. No terms, timeline or further details of the facility were disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Broadcom has agreed to provide Anthropic with a loan of up to $42 billion to finance infrastructure spending. Anthropic is expected to become Broadcom’s largest custom chip design customer next year, and the debt instruments may convert into Anthropic shares. Anthropic said in the filing it does not expect to sell any bonds before completing its IPO.

TREE NEWS update: Geely Automobile reported total September sales of 292,168 vehicles, up about 7% year on year, with its Zeekr brand more than doubling to 37,216 units. Exports surged 162% to 106,685 vehicles. Cumulative sales for the year to date exceeded 2.23 million units, up 3% from a year earlier.

TREE NEWS update: Wells Fargo has added Microsoft to its strategic ideas list for the fourth quarter of 2026. The bank’s Q4 2026 list identifies Microsoft among its strategic picks. No further details on the rationale or other names on the list were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Micron Technology shares reversed earlier gains in US premarket trading and were last down 0.4%. The move came before the opening bell, with no further details disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: The UK’s FTSE 100 index fell 2% on Thursday, its largest single-day decline since May. The drop marks the blue-chip index’s steepest one-day loss in roughly six months, with no further details on the drivers of the move disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: Google launched its Gemini 4 flagship AI model, sending parent company Alphabet’s premarket shares up 2.6%. The model is the latest flagship release in Google’s Gemini line.

TREE NEWS reports: Micron Technology rose 0.61% in US premarket trading after reporting Q4 revenue nearly quadrupled year over year and issuing Q1 guidance above expectations, lifting storage peers. SK Hynix gained 1.54%, SanDisk 1.81% and Western Digital 0.88%. Optical communications names also advanced, with Lumentum up 1.72% and Corning up 1.46%.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $6.34 billion in net inflows in the third quarter, as Bitcoin rose 42.71% over the period — its best third-quarter performance since 2017. The inflows and price gain mark a strong quarter for the ETF complex despite broader market volatility.

TREE NEWS reports: US stock index futures pared earlier gains, with Nasdaq futures up 0.46% while S&P 500 futures gave back their advance and Dow futures fell 0.54%. Europe’s Stoxx 50 index dropped 1.1%, touching its lowest level since June 12.

TREE NEWS reports: Tesla’s new car registrations in Sweden rose 38.4% year-on-year in September to 2,388 vehicles. The figure comes from Swedish registration data covering the month.

TREE NEWS reports: European equities opened mostly lower on Tuesday, with the Euro Stoxx 50 down 0.5% and Germany’s DAX off 0.7%. The UK’s FTSE 100 dropped 1.1% and France’s CAC 40 fell 0.6% in early trade.

TREE NEWS reports: Seres and Huawei have opened a new round of negotiations that is expected to further adjust their cooperation model, following their September 15 joint statement announcing a change in the partnership. The two sides plan to issue another joint statement later today. A person familiar said the AITO “exclusive dedicated” model will most likely remain unchanged, with cooperation expected to be upgraded rather than simply shifting from “Huawei-led” to “Seres-led with Huawei enabling.”

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese brokerages in Hong Kong have tightened restrictions on existing mainland client accounts, allowing only sell and withdrawal orders while blocking deposits and purchases. The limit hinges on whether the IP address used to log in shows the investor is in mainland China. Xingzheng International and Guotai Junan International implemented the curbs on September 7 and September 26 respectively, while Orient Securities International notified clients that its restrictions take effect in October.

TREE NEWS reports: US equity index futures moved higher intraday, with Nasdaq futures up 1%, S&P 500 futures up 0.5% and Dow futures up 0.3%. The move reflects broad gains across the three major US index futures contracts.