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TREE NEWS reports: Japanese and South Korean equities extended their rally, with the Nikkei 225 climbing nearly 3% and South Korea’s KOSPI rising more than 1%. The gains mark continued strength in both markets.

TREE NEWS reports: Leapmotor delivered 105,656 vehicles globally in September, up 59% year over year, marking a third straight month above 100,000 units. Overseas exports surpassed 150,000 units cumulatively from January to September 2026, while total global deliveries since inception topped 1.8 million as of the end of September 2026.

TREE NEWS update: Zeekr delivered 37,216 vehicles in September, a 103.85% year-on-year increase, the company said on October 1. It marked the eighth consecutive month of both year-on-year and month-on-month growth. Cumulative deliveries for the first nine months of the year reached 288,400 units, up 100.84% from a year earlier.

TREE NEWS update: XPeng said on September 30 it will pursue legal action against an employee of a second-tier supplier who allegedly fabricated and spread false information about the automaker’s component production lines. The employee, posting under the Douyin handle “风糖半”, had not worked on the related product operations, and an inspection of the components cited found no anomaly in yield rates, the company said.

TREE NEWS reports: Li Auto delivered 31,817 vehicles in September, down 6.3% year on year, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker said. The figure marks a decline from the same month a year earlier for the company, which reports monthly delivery numbers.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index extended its advance to 2% during the session. The benchmark’s gain widened as the rally picked up momentum, with the move marking a 2% rise on the day.

TREE NEWS update: Lei Jun said Xiaomi Auto delivered more than 40,000 vehicles in September 2026, with the newly launched Xiaomi Pengcheng model accounting for over 10,000 units in its first month of deliveries. The figure marks a monthly delivery record for the company’s electric vehicle unit, which launched its first car in 2024.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index extended its decline to 1%, with market heavyweights Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix each falling more than 1%. The move marks a deepening of the session’s losses in Seoul, where the two chipmakers are the index’s largest constituents.

TREE NEWS reports: Foreign investors were net sellers of Japanese equities in the week to September 25, with net selling of ¥362.0 billion, Japanese flow data showed. The prior week’s reading was a net outflow of ¥1,522.8 billion, meaning the pace of foreign selling slowed sharply week on week.

TREE NEWS update: Paramount Skydance sold $30 billion of US dollar investment-grade bonds, completing the largest portion of the financing for its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery. The eight-part sale priced at tighter spreads than initially discussed, with the longest tranche, maturing in 2066, narrowing about 0.35 percentage points to a premium of 3.3 percentage points over Treasuries.

TREE NEWS update: Paramount Skydance said David Ellison will lead the merged company alongside former Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz as co-CEO once the pending acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery closes. A California federal judge approved a settlement resolving a lawsuit brought by 12 state attorneys general opposing the merger, clearing the way for completion. The deal places two major film studios, streaming platforms, TV networks and news outlets under one ownership.

TREE NEWS reports: All but two of the S&P 500’s 11 sectors closed lower, with consumer staples, health care, industrials, real estate and financials falling between 1.19% and 1.68%. Telecom and energy slipped at most 0.04%, while consumer discretionary rose 0.13% and information technology gained 0.61%.

TREE NEWS reports: In late New York trading on Wednesday, September 30, S&P 500 futures closed down 0.11% and Dow futures fell 0.73%, while Nasdaq 100 futures gained 0.37%. Russell 2000 futures ended the session 0.28% lower.

TREE NEWS update: US prosecutors said their antitrust case concerning Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery (PSKY-WBD) will not be delayed. The statement addresses the timing of the government’s antitrust action involving the two companies. No further details were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Micron Technology said it still sees no clear timeline for when it will be able to meet demand, signaling that supply constraints persist. The memory-chip maker gave no date for when the shortfall might ease. The comment points to continued tightness in the market for memory components used in data centers and AI hardware.

TREE NEWS reports: The FTSE China A50 index futures contract closed down 0.17% at 13,939 points in the night session. The move reflects modest overnight positioning in the offshore futures market tracking the 50 largest A-share companies listed in Shanghai and Shenzhen. No further details were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Micron Technology’s chief financial officer said the company expects higher gross margins through the remainder of its fiscal year following the release of its fiscal first-quarter results. The guidance points to improving profitability for the US memory-chip maker over the coming quarters. No specific margin figures were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: US sector ETFs closed mostly lower on Wednesday, September 30, with consumer staples ETFs down more than 1.5% and healthcare, industrials, global airlines and financials ETFs falling as much as 1.35%. Global tech, internet and semiconductor ETFs gained up to 0.35%, while the technology sector ETF rose 0.64%. For the first nine months of the year, the semiconductor ETF gained 69.11%, with global tech, energy, technology and biotech ETFs up at least 24.86%, while the consumer discretionary ETF fell 8.29%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index rose 0.71% on Wednesday, September 30, closing at 3,148.88 points. The gauge fell 9.95% over September and 11.23% across the third quarter, extending a broad downtrend.

TREE NEWS reports: On Wednesday, September 30, US real estate ETFs fell 0.99% and emerging market ETFs dropped 0.91%, leading declines among major US asset-class ETFs; the Dow ETF lost 0.84%. The US Brent crude oil fund gained 2.28% on the day and is up 112.18% year-to-date through September, while the Nasdaq 100 ETF rose 0.25%.