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TREE NEWS update: BAIC BluePark said on September 22 that its cooperation model with Huawei remains unchanged, and that the two companies jointly plan the dedicated sales network for their Stelato brand. The automaker said the partnership has been upgraded to a strategic community of “carmaker plus Huawei technology ecosystem” since the Stelato S9T launched last year. The statement follows attention on Huawei’s adjustment of its AITO brand cooperation with Seres.

TREE NEWS reports: European equities opened modestly higher on the day, with the Euro Stoxx 50 up 0.17% and Germany’s DAX gaining 0.13%. The UK’s FTSE 100 rose 0.21% and France’s CAC 40 added 0.22%, as the region’s major benchmarks all edged into positive territory at the open.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s Shanghai Composite closed 0.06% higher at 3952.13, while the Shenzhen Component slipped 0.05% to 13723.74 and the ChiNext Index added 0.01% to 3399.93. The CSI 300 rose 0.11% to 4544.59 and the STAR 50 gained 0.46% to 1665.04, as the CSI 500 fell 0.27% to 7828.94 and the CSI 1000 dropped 0.09% to 7759.03.

TREE NEWS update: Animoca Brands has suspended reverse merger talks with Currenc, putting its planned Nasdaq debut on hold. The Hong Kong-based Web3 investor said it remains committed to pursuing a listing on a major exchange, without giving a new timeline for the deal.

TREE NEWS reports: Strategy bought 950 bitcoin at $79,670 for about $75.7 million last week, its first purchase in two weeks, lifting its holdings to 846,000 BTC. Listed non-mining companies swung to a net $183 million of bitcoin buying for the week. 21, 2026. Bitmine holds about 5.98 million ETH after 68 straight weeks of additions, and DeFi Development Corp. added 101,381 SOL.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s three major A-share stock indexes turned lower in late trading, reversing earlier gains. The shift came in the final stretch of the session, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite, Shenzhen Component and ChiNext all slipping into negative territory.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq Composite rose 2.26% on September 21 to close at a record 27,122.09, while AMD gained about 10% to pass a $1 trillion market capitalization for the first time. Meta rose roughly 11.4%, Intel about 12% and Arm about 17%, as Meta’s personal AI agent Muse, launched September 8, topped US app store free charts with an estimated 1.1 million installs by September 18.

TREE NEWS reports: The Haifutong Short-Term Financing Bond ETF (511360) on the Shanghai Stock Exchange recorded a historic single-day turnover of over 130 billion yuan, surpassing the total turnover of all equity ETFs in China on the same day, which was less than 110 billion yuan. The fund’s latest scale stands at 84.9 billion yuan, with a year-to-date average daily turnover of 34.957 billion yuan, breaking its previous record of 88.495 billion yuan set on April 29, 2026.

TREE NEWS update: Salesforce said Agentforce ARR crossed $1.5 billion, up 240% year over year, with Agentforce and Data 360 combined ARR near $3.9 billion, up more than 210%. The company said Agentforce and Slack have completed 7 billion Agentic Work Units, including 3.2 billion in the second quarter alone, up 97% quarter over quarter. Salesforce also introduced Flex Credits pricing: 100,000 credits cost $500, with one standard Agent Action consuming 20 credits, about $0.10.

TREE NEWS reports: Shares of newly listed N Zhongsu resumed trading and extended gains to more than 900%, touching a high of 580 yuan. The stock had been halted before the resumption. No further details were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s KOSPI index gave up an early gain of 2.3% and turned lower, with SK Hynix among the decliners. The reversal in Seoul came as the chipmaker’s shares weakened, dragging the benchmark index off its morning highs.

TREE NEWS reports: Newly listed Chinese stock N Shiji extended its intraday gain to 405% in afternoon trading, triggering a temporary trading halt, with turnover exceeding 600 million yuan. The debut surge was sharp enough to trip the exchange’s circuit-breaker mechanism. No further details on the issuer or listing venue were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Ethereum spot ETFs recorded $270 million in total net inflows on September 21 (US Eastern Time), with BlackRock’s ETHA leading at $110 million for the day. ETHA’s cumulative net inflows now stand at $13.067 billion. Fidelity’s FETH followed with $72.958 million in daily net inflows, bringing its all-time total to $2.32 billion.

TREE NEWS reports: US spot bitcoin ETFs recorded $999 million in net inflows on Sept. 21 (US Eastern time), a third consecutive day of gains, SoSoValue data show. BlackRock’s IBIT led with $381 million, lifting its all-time net inflows to $64.506 billion. Ark Invest and 21Shares’ ARKB followed at $289 million, bringing its cumulative net inflows to $1.37 billion.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-share coal sector rallied in afternoon trading, with Dayou Energy approaching its daily limit-up. Yunmei Energy, Zhengzhou Coal & Power, Jinkong Coal and Shaanxi Heimao moved higher alongside it. No specific catalyst for the move was disclosed in the material.

TREE NEWS update: Alibaba Cloud used its Apsara Conference to unveil what it called China’s most powerful domestic AI chip, a 10-trillion-parameter model and a 20GW data center plan. Separately, Tencent released a preview of its Hunyuan Image 3.5 model. Tencent shares jumped 6.6% and Alibaba rose nearly 3% as Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Tech Index gained 1%.

TREE NEWS update: Meituan core local commerce CEO Wang Puzhong said at the 2026 Meituan Instant Retail Industry Conference that the company’s target of building 100,000 “lightning warehouses” and reaching RMB 200 billion in GMV by 2027 will be completed ahead of schedule. He said data available as of today confirms the goal can be met early. Meituan’s 2021 outlook of a RMB 1 trillion instant retail market and more than 500 million transacting users was also reached ahead of plan.

TREE NEWS update: Walmart China announced two senior merchandising appointments on Sept 22 covering its Sam’s Club and Walmart store formats. Sean Jackson, currently senior vice president of non-food merchandising at Sam’s Club US, will relocate to China as chief merchandising officer of Sam’s Club, reporting to format president Liu Peng. Amber Bynum, currently Walmart China vice president and head of non-food merchandising at Sam’s Club, becomes chief merchandising officer of Walmart stores, reporting to president Zhu Jun and starting in mid-October.

TREE NEWS reports: The Shanghai Composite closed the morning session at 3,958.64, up 0.22%. The Shenzhen Component rose 0.62% to 13,814.87, while the ChiNext Index gained 0.93% to 3,431.11. The CSI 300 added 0.51% to 4,562.50, the STAR 50 climbed 1.33% to 1,679.50, the CSI 500 rose 0.23% to 7,868.26 and the CSI 1000 was up 0.42% at 7,799.27.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-shares closed the morning session higher on September 22, with the ChiNext Index up 0.93%, the Shenzhen Component up 0.62% and the Shanghai Composite up 0.22%. Media stocks led gains, as Xinhua Winshare hit its third straight limit-up and Huamei Holding and Xinhua Media each posted a second. Roughly 2,900 stocks rose across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing exchanges, with half-day turnover at 1.44 trillion yuan.