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TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index closed 0.44% lower, with the Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.34%. Gold miners led the decline: Chifeng Gold and Shandong Gold each fell about 5%, Zijin Gold International and Zhaojin Mining each dropped about 4%. AI names bucked the trend, with MINIMAX up about 7% and Zhipu up about 3%.

TREE NEWS reports: Generac surged nearly 34% in premarket trading after Amazon obtained a warrant allowing it to buy up to $340 million of the generator maker’s stock. Cloud computing providers also rose broadly, with Nebius up more than 7%, CoreWeave up nearly 5% and Oracle up more than 2%.

TREE NEWS reports: CrowdStrike shares closed up about 14% on Sept. 14, 2026, a record high and the stock’s biggest one-day gain of the year, as investors rotated out of semiconductors into cybersecurity following AI safety warnings from Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI’s Sam Altman. Palo Alto Networks rose about 13% and Zscaler about 12% the same day. CrowdStrike had launched its Falcon Guardian AI detection and response product on Sept. 1 and expanded integrations with OpenAI, Google Cloud and Anthropic.

TREE NEWS update: AITO will formally withdraw from HarmonyOS Smart Cockpit and Huawei-branded stores on January 1, 2027, multiple dealers were told by Huawei. Dealers will then choose independently whether to represent Huawei, HarmonyOS Smart Cockpit (the other four brands) or AITO, while AITO will keep its existing delivery centers to support vehicle delivery and after-sales service. Huawei had not responded as of publication.

TREE NEWS reports: Combined turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges totaled 1.8231 trillion yuan on September 17. Shanghai accounted for 868.77 billion yuan, Shenzhen for 954.36 billion yuan, and the ChiNext board for 446.65 billion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: European equities opened higher, with the Stoxx Europe 600, Germany’s DAX, the UK’s FTSE 100 and France’s CAC 40 all rising in early trade. The Stoxx 600, DAX and FTSE 100 each gained 0.4%, while the CAC 40 led with a 0.45% advance.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s three major A-share indices closed slightly lower on the day after an intraday rally faded, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.41%, the Shenzhen Component down 0.33% and the ChiNext down 0.4%. Agricultural stocks bucked the trend, with Dunhuang Seed, Wanxiang De’nong and Jinjian Cereals all hitting the daily limit-up. Turnover reached 1.84 trillion yuan.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s major A-share indices closed lower on the day, with the Shanghai Composite ending at 3875.60, down 0.41%. The Shenzhen Component fell 0.33% to 13409.91, the ChiNext Index dropped 0.40% to 3298.31, and the CSI 300 slipped 0.45% to 4460.16. The STAR 50 lost 0.61% to 1606.29, while the CSI 500 and CSI 1000 closed at 7654.98 and 7548.82, down 0.37% and 0.51% respectively.

TREE NEWS reports: Newly listed stock N Shenyang Blower jumped nearly 285% on its trading debut, triggering a temporary trading halt, with turnover exceeding RMB 2 billion. The surge triggered the exchange’s circuit-breaker mechanism, which pauses trading when a new listing’s price moves beyond set limits.

TREE NEWS update: The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark rate by 25 basis points to a 3.75%-4.00% target range on September 16, its first hike since 2023 and the first policy move under new Chair Kevin Warsh, in a unanimous 12-0 vote. The dot plot lifted the 2026 year-end median rate to 4.1% from 3.8%, with 16 of 18 officials seeing at least one more hike this year. The S&P 500 fell 0.44%, the Dow dropped 1.21% and the Nasdaq closed roughly flat.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 closed 0.3% higher at 64,136.25, while the broader Topix rose 0.8% to 4,094.19. South Korea’s Kospi ended essentially flat at 6,715.41.

TREE NEWS update: Apple customer service said the iPhone Duo has not yet opened for pre-order in mainland China and that online reviewers’ testing of a single device is ‘one-sided,’ after filmmaker Tim of Media Storm reported the foldable running noticeably hot below the camera during video recording and high-load use, calling it among the hottest phones he has tested. Apple said new devices may need a three-to-five-day adjustment period and offered hardware checks via its technical team and retail stores.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-share wind power equipment sector staged a rebound from earlier lows, with Jixin Technology touching the daily limit-up. Electrical Wind Power, Dajin Heavy Industry, Tianshun Wind Energy, Shuangyi Technology and Zhenhong Co. followed with gains.

TREE NEWS update: Fangda Carbon said at its 2026 interim results briefing on September 17 that its 6N-grade graphite, used mainly in optical fiber and semiconductors, has entered mass supply to leading optical fiber, silicon semiconductor and silicon carbide semiconductor companies, replacing imported equivalents. The company is also expanding into the semiconductor epitaxy market with ultra-high-purity isostatic graphite, semiconductor-grade high-purity carbon powder, porous graphite and carbon felt.

TREE NEWS update: Leapmotor signed an investment letter of intent on Sept 17 in Huzhou, Zhejiang, to join the Series A round of FAW Qixin Powertrain (Changchun) Technology, a unit of China FAW. The two sides also signed a technology cooperation agreement covering hybrid engines, electric drive systems and range extenders, aiming to deepen strategic coordination in key powertrain products and technologies.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s A-share shipping sector rallied on Wednesday, with China Merchants Energy Shipping hitting the daily limit up in afternoon trading. COSCO Shipping Energy Transportation, Ningbo Marine, China Merchants Energy Shipping (Nanjing Tanker) and Guohang Ocean Shipping all followed higher.

TREE NEWS reports: China A-share industrial machine tool concept stocks rallied sharply, with Huadong CNC hitting the daily limit up. Huazhong CNC and Kede CNC also climbed. The move marks a sudden sector-wide jump in the machine tool segment of the mainland market.

TREE NEWS reports: CATL has lost $100 billion in market value over four months, yet all 47 analysts covering the Chinese battery maker maintain a “buy” rating. “Many automakers have pushed to de-CATL, but none succeeded,” said Bing Yuan, a fund manager at Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management. Smaller suppliers may serve mass-market models, but flagship and high-end lines will still rely on CATL, Yuan added.

TREE NEWS reports: Shanghai’s Composite fell 0.36% and Shenzhen’s Component lost 0.29% at the midday break on September 17, with ChiNext down 0.12% after an early rally faded. Agriculture and CRO names led gains, while precious metals dropped, sending Shandong Gold and Zhongjin Gold down more than 6%. Turnover reached 1.25 trillion yuan in the morning session, with 3,100-plus stocks declining.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.1% and the broader Topix gained 0.7% by the morning session close in Tokyo. The two benchmarks ended the half-day session higher.