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TREE NEWS reports: FTSE China A50 index futures opened 1.93% lower, extending a 1.85% decline in the previous session’s night trading. The early drop points to a weaker start for Chinese large-cap equities.

TREE NEWS update: Israel’s opposition party led by former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot said on August 5 that it will not join a coalition with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Party representatives told President Isaac Herzog they will first negotiate with opposition parties to form a core group, which other parties accepting its principles could join.

TREE NEWS reports: Margin financing balances on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges rose by a combined 6.62 billion yuan on November 5 to 2.27 trillion yuan. The Shanghai Stock Exchange’s margin balance stood at 1.18 trillion yuan, up 3.19 billion yuan from the previous trading day, while the Shenzhen Stock Exchange’s balance reached 1.09 trillion yuan, up 3.43 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS update: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she wants proceeds from the Bank of Japan’s accelerated ETF sales to fund spending in key areas of economic security. The remark signals a push to direct the central bank’s asset-sale gains toward strategic sectors. No specific spending figure or timeline was given.

TREE NEWS update: Solana lending protocol Loopscale has partly restored loan functions but repayments and collateral withdrawals remain disabled for USDC Genesis-funded loans, the protocol said. It detailed two attack paths behind the disruption. Vault withdrawals also stay frozen.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s Seoul Composite Index pared its decline to 5.4% after trading resumed. The benchmark had earlier fallen further before the partial recovery. No further details on the cause of the move or the length of the trading halt were provided.

TREE NEWS update: The Korea Exchange activated its SIDECAR circuit breaker on KOSPI, suspending programmatic selling on the main board. The mechanism halts program-trading sell orders for a set period to curb sharp market declines. The exchange gave no further details on the trigger level or duration of the suspension.

TREE NEWS update: Japan Tobacco shares are set to fall limit-down after Russia took over its assets in the country. The stock was poised to hit its daily price limit on the news of the asset seizure.

TREE NEWS update: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said she has noted the sharp declines in artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks but that it is still difficult to determine whether the selloff is temporary or will persist. She said market volatility is affecting not only Japan but countries worldwide and that she is closely monitoring market movements, adding her government will focus on measures to strengthen the economy by boosting sectors where Japan has a competitive edge.

TREE NEWS reports: SoftBank Group’s share price extended its decline to 14% on the day, marking one of the steepest single-session drops for the Japanese technology conglomerate. No reason for the selloff was given in the available material. The move puts the stock under sharp pressure, with the 14% loss representing a substantial one-day hit to the group’s market value.

TREE NEWS reports: Morgan Stanley upgraded EVE Energy to Overweight from Equal-weight, setting a target price of 63 yuan per share. The rating change applies to the Shenzhen-listed battery maker. No further details on the rationale or timing were provided.

TREE NEWS update: Core Scientific plans to shut down its Bitcoin mining operations by the end of the year and become a pure-play data center provider in 2027, the company said. Mining now generates just 7.5% of its quarterly revenue, as its AI and high-performance computing hosting business expands.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nikkei 225 has dropped 20% from its June high as a selloff in artificial intelligence stocks accelerates, putting the Japanese benchmark on track to enter a technical bear market. The decline reflects mounting pressure on AI-linked equities.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell more than 5% on Thursday, dropping below the 58,000 level during intraday trading. The index’s steep decline marked a sharp selloff in Japanese equities, with the benchmark losing over five percentage points from its prior close before slipping under the 58,000 mark.

TREE NEWS reports: Nasdaq futures reversed course to trade higher, having earlier dropped more than 1%, in a sharp intraday swing. The move marks a turnaround from the session’s earlier losses, with no further details disclosed.

TREE NEWS update: US President Trump said on November 5 that the stock market suffered one of its worst trading days ever due to the midterm election results, and blamed Democrats for the decline. In a social media post, he said the selloff was “not the Republicans’ fault” but caused by “those stupid Democrats,” adding that the country would soon be “stronger and more glorious than ever.”

TREE NEWS reports: The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index dropped 2.2% to 249.82 points, marking a sharp decline across the region’s equity markets. The move reflects broad selling pressure in Asia-Pacific stocks. No further details were immediately available on the drivers behind the fall.

TREE NEWS update: The Export-Import Bank of China issued a 1-year bond with a scale of 1.5 billion yuan, at an issuance rate of 0.0000% and an expected rate of 0.0000%. The bid-to-cover ratio was 1.00 times, and the marginal multiple was 1.00 times.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 fell 3.7% to 58,845.71, while the broader Topix index dropped 4.1%. The declines mark a sharp selloff in Japanese equities.