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TREE NEWS reports: Major US sector ETFs opened broadly higher in early trading, with the semiconductor ETF and global airlines ETF each rising more than 2%. The global tech stock index ETF gained nearly 2%.

TREE NEWS reports: US stocks opened higher, with the Nasdaq up 1.5% and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index up nearly 3%. Generac surged about 31% after Amazon received warrants to buy up to $340 million of its stock, while Nebius gained about 10% after saying it will raise GPU cloud pricing by an average of 20% from October 1. Storage-chip and optical-communications shares also rose broadly.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 opened 79.63 points higher, up 1.05% at 7,631.44, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average opened up 420.63 points, or 0.82%, at 51,882.53. The Nasdaq Composite opened 399.44 points higher, a 1.54% gain, at 26,377.86.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin treasury companies promise amplified returns over holding Bitcoin alone, but the trade-off is steeper downside risk. The companies’ approach raises the question of whether the potential upside justifies the risk exposure they take on.

TREE NEWS update: XPeng Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng announced pricing for the G9L, with the 702 rear-wheel-drive Max pure-electric version starting at 241,800 yuan before a limited-time 10,000 yuan discount, bringing the effective minimum to 231,800 yuan. The 660 four-wheel-drive Ultra SE starts at 259,800 yuan, or 249,800 yuan after the discount, while the Ultra flagship starts at 309,800 yuan with stacked offers and the super extended-range 1602 four-wheel-drive at 299,800 yuan.

TREE NEWS update: S&P Global has agreed to acquire blockchain security platform OpenZeppelin. OpenZeppelin says its smart contracts have facilitated more than $37 trillion in value transfers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: The Federal Reserve’s rate hike took effect, sending US equity futures higher in premarket trading, with Nasdaq 100 futures up more than 1%, Brent crude down 4% and spot gold up over 2%. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s chip sales next year will be double this year’s. Bank of England held rates but signaled a hawkish stance, warning inflation could top 4% early next year.

TREE NEWS update: CATL sold 17.4597 million shares of Shenzhen-listed lithium battery materials maker Hunan Yuneng between June 26 and September 16, 2026, equal to 2.06% of total share capital, via centralized bidding and block trades. Combined with passive dilution from the company’s equity incentive plan, CATL’s holding fell from 7.09632% to 4.99999%, dropping it below the 5% shareholder threshold. CATL attributed the sale to its own capital management needs and normal investment arrangements, and said it will not affect business cooperation between the two firms.

TREE NEWS reports: Nvidia shares climbed more than 2% in US pre-market trading, extending gains ahead of the opening bell. The move marks a pre-market rally for the chipmaker, whose stock has been a key barometer for AI-related equities. No specific catalyst for the advance was cited in the available material.

TREE NEWS update: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company’s chip sales next year will be double this year’s volume. The forecast was stated without a specific unit figure or revenue number. Nvidia is the dominant supplier of AI accelerators, and its guidance is closely watched as a demand signal for AI infrastructure.

TREE NEWS reports: Futures on all three major US stock indexes rose more than 1%, pointing to a higher open on Wall Street. The move covers contracts tied to the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq.

TREE NEWS update: Luxshare Precision said its convertible bond will have its last trading day on Oct 28, 2026, and stop trading from Oct 29, 2026, with the final conversion date set for Nov 2, 2026. Bonds not converted by the close on Nov 2 will be redeemed at maturity at 108 yuan per bond, after which the bond will be delisted from the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

TREE NEWS update: Zhenshi Group, a shareholder holding more than 5% of China Jushi, sold 28.3264 million shares via centralized bidding between September 15 and 17, 2026, the company disclosed. The move cut Zhenshi Group and its concert parties’ combined stake from 18.50% to 17.79%, crossing the 1% threshold. The disposal did not breach commitments, will not trigger a mandatory offer, and leaves the controlling shareholder and actual controller unchanged.

TREE NEWS update: Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg warned on Wednesday that the company faces a series of challenges in the coming months, including 777X testing that may extend into next year and a weaker cash-flow outlook due to slow production increases on key models. CFO Jay Malave joined Ortberg in outlining the pressures. Ortberg also tempered expectations on new orders from China, saying he expects only “some additional orders.”

TREE NEWS reports: Grayscale’s Zach Pandl said bitcoin has bottomed near $58,000, and the firm has given clients a “green light” to allocate. Pandl, who oversees research at the crypto asset manager, is treating the recent low as the cycle trough and signaling that Grayscale now sees an entry point for client capital.

TREE NEWS update: Wolcore announced that its wholly owned subsidiary Shanghai Changyuan Electronic Materials plans to invest up to 800 million yuan to build a production base in the Zhejiang Dushangang Economic Development Zone, with estimated total project investment of 800 million yuan, including 600 million yuan in fixed-asset investment on about 83 mu of land. Shanghai Electronic signed an investment agreement with the zone’s administrative committee on September 17, 2026. The project still requires shareholder meeting approval.

TREE NEWS update: Tencent repurchased HK$100.3 million worth of its own shares on September 17, the company disclosed. The buyback is the latest in the Chinese tech giant’s ongoing share repurchase program, which it has used to return capital to shareholders. No further terms of the transaction were given.

TREE NEWS reports: Tata Sons’ board is reportedly set to seek an extension of its chairman’s term and has approved a plan to take the company public. The move would open India’s largest conglomerate holding company to outside shareholders. No timeline or further details were given.

TREE NEWS reports: A total of 141 private fund managers appeared among the top ten holders of 190 ETFs listed so far this year, holding a combined 2.206 billion fund units as of September 17, 2026. The disclosure covers private fund products that rank among the largest holders of newly listed exchange-traded funds.

TREE NEWS update: Nebius plans to raise prices on several on-demand GPU instances by roughly 17% to 21% starting October 1, 2026. H100 pricing would rise to $4.50 per GPU-hour from $3.85, H200 to $5.40 from $4.50, B200 to $8.50 from $7.15 and B300 to $9.50 from $7.85. The new prices are not yet live on Nebius’s public pricing page.