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TREE NEWS reports: The ChiNext Index fell more than 3% and the Shanghai Composite dropped over 1%, while the Shenzhen Component declined 2.21%. Precious metals, consumer electronics, computing hardware and agriculture led the losses, with nearly 4,500 stocks falling across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exchanges.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese auto manufacturing shares rallied sharply, with Zotye Auto sealing its daily limit-up and JAC Motors climbing more than 7%. Ankai Bus, BAIC BluePark, Haima Automobile and Dongfeng Motor followed the sector higher.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index rose 1% on the day, extending gains for the benchmark gauge of Hong Kong-listed equities. The move reflects broader sentiment in Hong Kong’s stock market, which includes a growing cohort of crypto- and Web3-linked listings. No further details on the drivers or sector-level performance were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese optical fiber stocks fell in volatile trading, with Huamai Technology hitting the daily limit down. Changyingtong and Uni-Trend dropped more than 13%, while Hengtong Optic-Electric, Fiberhome Telecommunication, Tefa Information and Tongding Interconnection fell more than 7% each.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s ChiNext and STAR 50 indices each fell more than 1% on the session, while the Shanghai Composite dropped 0.45% and the Shenzhen Component lost 0.7%. Precious metals, lithium mining, coal and semiconductors led the declines, with more than 3,100 stocks falling across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exchanges.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese A-share film and entertainment stocks traded actively, with Bona Film Group sealing a one-word limit-up at the open. Huarui Century, Huazhi Digital Media, Happy Blue Ocean and Shanghai Film all opened sharply higher. No specific catalyst was cited for the sector-wide move.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s major stock indexes opened lower on the session, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.26% at 3878.41. The Shenzhen Component fell 0.38% to 13265.79, the ChiNext Index dropped 0.65% to 3267.60, and the CSI 300 declined 0.35% to 4423.82. The STAR 50 lost 0.68% to 1610.92, while the CSI 500 and CSI 1000 opened 0.33% and 0.25% lower at 7599.20 and 7551.22.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened 0.18% higher at 24,554.58 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.29%. Tencent Music, NetEase, Horizon Robotics and Tencent Holdings each gained more than 1% in early trade.

TREE NEWS reports: The combined margin financing balance on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges fell 17.30 billion yuan to 2.59951 trillion yuan as of September 24, down from the prior trading day. The Shanghai exchange’s balance dropped 8.94 billion yuan to 1.331842 trillion yuan, while the Shenzhen exchange’s balance fell 8.36 billion yuan to 1.267668 trillion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s KOSPI index fell 1% during intraday trading. The benchmark index for the Seoul stock market declined on the day, reflecting a broad market move in South Korean equities.

TREE NEWS update: Montage Technology announced today that its fifth-generation DDR5 Registering Clock Driver chip, RCD05, has entered mass production. The chip targets high-performance DDR5 RDIMM memory modules, addressing growing demand for high-bandwidth, high-reliability memory systems in data centers and AI servers.

TREE NEWS reports: Nidec’s share price fell to its daily limit down on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. The stock hit the exchange’s lower price limit, halting further declines for the session. No reason for the move was given in the available material.

TREE NEWS reports: Nidec shares tumbled 17% after reports said the company may book an asset impairment of about ¥1 trillion. The sharp drop followed the reported write-down plan at the Japanese motor maker.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 index widened its advance to 1% on the session. The benchmark’s move extended an earlier rise as the gain reached the 1% mark, with no further details disclosed in the material.

TREE NEWS reports: European stock index futures opened slightly higher, with Euro Stoxx 50 futures up 0.4%, Germany’s DAX futures up 0.3% and UK FTSE futures up 0.2%. The modest gains across the region’s main contracts set a mildly positive tone for European equities at the open.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened 0.2% higher, while South Korea’s Kospi Composite opened 0.3% lower. The two benchmarks started the session in opposite directions, with the Nikkei edging up and the Kospi slipping.

TREE NEWS reports: Huatai Securities’ A-share strategy note says A-shares may be in a phase of range-bound recovery, with odds of a post-holiday rebound improved after pre-holiday pullbacks released valuation and trading risk. The brokerage advises focusing on optical communications, PCB makers and selected domestic compute leaders with clearer earnings visibility, while adding chemicals and paper on improving spreads and using dividend assets as portfolio stabilizers.

TREE NEWS reports: Several Chinese public fund managers, including China Universal, CCB Principal, Fullgoal and HSBC Jintrust, have held autumn investment strategy meetings, saying A-share earnings growth is likely to keep shifting upward as traditional industries improve and the AI sector expands. Technology, healthcare, consumer and gold are seen as key Q4 allocation areas. The A-share market has been volatile and rangebound since the third quarter, with style rebalancing emerging.

TREE NEWS reports: Wind data shows 640 foreign institutions conducted 5,949 research visits to A-share listed companies year to date through September 27, with technology firms dominating the itinerary ahead of consumer and pharmaceutical names. The Shanghai Stock Exchange also organized a new round of onshore site visits for nearly 20 international asset managers from the UK, France and Singapore, aimed at drawing more medium- and long-term foreign capital into the market.

TREE NEWS reports: US stock futures moved lower, with S&P 500 futures down 0.3%. The modest decline in equity futures pointed to a softer open for Wall Street.