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TREE NEWS reports: Chinese innovative drug and CRO concept stocks rallied on Thursday, with Sino Biological touching the 20% daily limit up. Shandong Xinhua Pharmaceutical and Harbin Pharmaceutical Group had each posted two consecutive limit-ups, while Baihua Pharmaceutical, CanSino Biologics and Wanbang Pharmaceutical gained more than 6%.

TREE NEWS reports: Robot-concept stocks in China extended gains, with Lianhe Precision sealing the daily limit-up. Lianhe Optoelectronics rose more than 12%, while Ningbo Dongli, Rockchip, Hongrida and Beizi Technology each climbed over 5%. The move marks a renewed bout of strength for the sector.

TREE NEWS reports: Berkshire Hathaway added roughly 2.7 million Lennar Class A shares and 75,021 Class B shares between Sept. 17 and Sept. 21. The disclosed purchases expand the conglomerate’s position in the US homebuilder over the five-day window.

TREE NEWS update: Alibaba is selling $500 million worth of ZTO Express shares through a block trade, the company disclosed. The sale of the stake in the Chinese logistics firm is being arranged as a single block transaction. No further terms, pricing or buyer details were given.

TREE NEWS reports: The ChiNext Index, which tracks growth-oriented stocks on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, climbed more than 2% on the session. The move marks a gain of over 2% for the benchmark, which is weighted toward technology and emerging-industry companies. No further details on the drivers or the closing level were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: China A-share PCB concept stocks extended their rally, with Guangzhou Broad Technology and Honghe Technology both hitting the daily limit up. Yihao New Materials rose more than 10%, while Wellgo, Xianfeng Holding, Chongda Technology and Xunjiexing also gained.

TREE NEWS reports: The CSI Convertible Bond Index opened 0.27% higher. Huafeng, Aohong, Qizhong, Luwei and Benchuan convertible bonds led the gains, rising 3.36%, 2.92%, 2.73%, 2.07% and 2.06% respectively. Haoyuan, Heda, Yubang, Long22 and Jianlong convertible bonds led the declines, falling 0.64%, 0.48%, 0.46%, 0.37% and 0.27% respectively.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-share semiconductor supply chain led gains at the market open, with Loongson Technology rising nearly 10%. Montage Technology, Juchen, OnMicro, Hygon Information and Xiandao Jidian were among the stocks climbing more than 6%.

TREE NEWS reports: The Shanghai Composite opened at 3963.81, up 0.35%, while the Shenzhen Component rose 0.94% to 13858.62 and the ChiNext Index gained 1.37% to 3446.33. The CSI 300 opened 0.67% higher at 4569.87, and the STAR 50 led gains, opening up 2.51% at 1699.05. The CSI 500 opened at 7911.64, up 0.78%, and the CSI 1000 opened at 7819.62, up 0.69%.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened 0.51% higher, with the Hang Seng Tech Index up 1.01%. The tech-focused sub-index outpaced the benchmark at the open.

TREE NEWS update: Several China-listed Nasdaq-tracking ETFs, including Guotai Nasdaq ETF, Huaxia Nasdaq ETF, Bosera Nasdaq 100 ETF and Huatai-PineBridge Nasdaq ETF, suspended trading for one hour from the market open on September 22, resuming at 10:30. The funds gave no reason for the halt in the available material.

TREE NEWS reports: Taiwan’s TAIEX rose 1.8% at the open, hitting a record intraday high. The benchmark’s early advance marks its strongest intraday level on record. No further details on the drivers of the move were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Margin financing balances on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges rose by a combined 14.171 billion yuan on September 21, bringing the two-market total to 2.614447 trillion yuan. The Shanghai bourse’s margin balance stood at 1.339890 trillion yuan, up 5.328 billion yuan from the prior session, while Shenzhen’s reached 1.274557 trillion yuan, up 8.843 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: SK Hynix shares rose 3% on the session. The move higher in the South Korean memory-chip maker’s stock came without any stated company announcement or filing attached to the gain.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s KOSPI opened 2.2% higher, with Samsung Electronics rising 3% in early trade. Japanese markets remained closed for a holiday, leaving Seoul as the main regional market in action. No further details on the drivers of the move were given.

TREE NEWS reports: Schroders PLC bought 3.1135 million shares of Sanhua Intelligent Controls (三花智控) on September 17 at HK$24.2394 apiece, for a total of about HK$75.47 million. The purchase lifted Schroders’ holding to roughly 81.1963 million shares, or 17.04% of the company.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq closed at a record high, up more than 2%, on September 22, as Meta shares rose 11% after its new agent Muse topped the Apple App Store, lifting agent-related chip stocks. SoftBank is seeking over $11 billion in junk bond financing, with OpenAI bets and an Arm-backed loan raising leverage concerns. China’s president will make a state visit to the US from September 23 to 25.

TREE NEWS reports: Wind data shows 875 A-share companies plan interim dividends for 2026, with total payouts of about 720.474 billion yuan — a record high. Major firms including China Railway, China Mobile and Yankuang Energy have published implementation announcements for their 2026 half-year distributions, setting record and ex-dividend dates.

TREE NEWS reports: Nearly 30 listed Chinese brokerages have held 2026 half-year results briefings or hosted investor events in their jurisdictions as of September 21, with “M&A” raised repeatedly by investors. Industry participants say securities-sector mergers and restructuring have entered a policy-and-market-driven implementation phase, with sector concentration continuing to rise. Scaling up is only the first step; post-merger business synergy and profit improvement are the real test.

TREE NEWS reports: Eight ChiNext computing-power themed ETFs already launched have raised more than 5 billion yuan ($690 million), with Chinese public fund managers stepping up product launches. Since September, seven more ChiNext computing-power funds — including ETFs and off-exchange index funds — have been filed, following the first batch of ten products.