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TREE NEWS update: The Bohai Sea communications and sensing network began official operation on the 15th, marking the region’s entry into a new phase of high-speed interconnection and full-area sensing. The network will provide high-speed, stable and reliable broadband communications and real-time sensing services for maritime activities.

TREE NEWS reports: Shanghai nickel fell more than 2% at the opening of China’s night futures session, leading declines across the base and energy complex. Styrene and methanol dropped nearly 2%, while pure benzene, crude oil, PVC, Shanghai zinc and palm oil each lost over 1%. No. 20 rubber rose more than 1% and synthetic rubber gained nearly 1%.

TREE NEWS reports: US Treasury yields fell broadly on Thursday, with the long end leading the decline. The 20-year yield stood at 5.434%, down 14.6 basis points on the day, while the 30-year dropped 14.1 bps to 5.385% and the 10-year fell 13.6 bps to 5.054%. The 7-year yield declined 13.5 bps and the 5-year slipped 11.5 bps.

TREE NEWS update: BMW Group began mass production of its sixth-generation power battery at its Shenyang facility on May 15, 2026, during the BMW China Innovation Day. Oliver Zipse, President and CEO of BMW Brilliance Automotive, said the start of production is a key step for the Neue Klasse models in China and reflects the joint venture’s two decades of R&D, engineering, procurement and manufacturing capability in Shenyang.

TREE NEWS reports: Polymarket traders now price an 88% chance that Bitcoin falls to $80,000 at some point during the remainder of October, up 25 percentage points in 24 hours. The market settles on Binance’s BTC/USDT pair, resolving Yes if any 1-minute candle high reaches $80,000 between 00:00 ET on October 1 and 23:59 ET on October 31. Only Binance BTC/USDT 1-minute highs count toward settlement.

TREE NEWS update: Iran’s army navy said on the 15th that a surveillance unit patrolling the eastern Strait of Hormuz found a non-compliant tanker on fire several hours earlier. The navy stressed that the strait is currently fully under the control and supervision of the Iranian army navy and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps navy. No further details on the vessel or its cargo were given.

TREE NEWS reports: US September PPI rose 6.3% year-on-year with core inflation widening to 5%, both above expectations, while September retail sales grew 0.8% month-on-month on higher gasoline station sales. TSMC reported a sixth straight record quarter, with Q3 net profit up 69% and a Q4 revenue guidance 6% above expectations. AI trade pullback weighed on chip stocks, with SK Hynix down about 6% and TSMC down 2% premarket.

TREE NEWS update: Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said she told the G20 that market movements need to be monitored with a high sense of urgency. Katayama made the remark in her capacity as Japan’s finance minister, signaling heightened official attention to financial-market developments. No further details or specific market measures were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: The US dollar index rose about 10 points to 102.20 in short order after US PPI data was released, while spot gold fell roughly $10 to $4,143.07 an ounce. Nasdaq 100 futures dropped 1.4% as US equity futures edged lower.

TREE NEWS reports: US retail sales excluding autos and gasoline rose 0.2% month over month in September, matching the 0.2% consensus estimate but slowing sharply from a 1.2% gain the prior month. The reading covers core retail spending and strips out volatile auto and fuel categories.

TREE NEWS reports: Canada’s wholesale sales fell 1.6% month over month in August, missing expectations of a 1.5% decline, while the prior month’s reading was revised up to +0.4% from +0.3%. The data point to weaker momentum in Canadian wholesale activity midway through the third quarter.

TREE NEWS reports: US producer prices rose 6.3% year-on-year in September, outpacing the 5.4% consensus estimate and matching the prior 5.4% reading. Core PPI climbed 0.7% month-on-month against a 0.3% forecast, after a 0.2% gain the previous month. Both readings came in hotter than expected.

TREE NEWS reports: US initial jobless claims for the week ended October 10 came in at 199,000, below the 200,000 expected and down from the prior week’s 197,000 reading. Continuing claims for the week ended October 3 were also released, against expectations of 1.709 million and a previous reading of 1.716 million.

TREE NEWS reports: Canadian manufacturing shipments rose 1.5% month over month in August, Statistics Canada data showed, beating the 1.1% consensus estimate and reversing a 0.4% decline in July. The reading marks a rebound in factory activity after the prior month’s contraction.

TREE NEWS reports: The Philadelphia Federal Reserve’s manufacturing index came in at 20.9 for October, below the expected 28 and down sharply from 37.8 in September. The reading marks a notable slowdown in Mid-Atlantic factory activity, though it remains in expansion territory.

TREE NEWS update: The United States has told members of the International Energy Agency that it is dissatisfied with the emergency oil release, and proposed committing an additional 100 million barrels on top of the existing release. The position was conveyed to IEA member states, with the US pushing for a larger coordinated drawdown.

TREE NEWS update: The US will release September producer price index, September retail sales, continuing jobless claims for the week of October 3, and the October Philadelphia Fed manufacturing index at 20:30 Beijing time. The four data points arrive in a single batch, giving markets a combined read on inflation, consumer demand, labor conditions and regional factory activity.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Finance Minister Lan Fo’an attended the third G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting of 2026, held on October 15 in Bangkok under the US presidency, the Ministry of Finance said. The meeting discussed the global macroeconomic outlook, financial sector developments, and progress and work plans for the G20 finance track. Vice Minister Liao Min accompanied Lan.

TREE NEWS reports: The Baltic Dry Index fell 4.57% to 2,545 points, marking its ninth consecutive trading day of declines. The index, which tracks spot rates for dry bulk shipping routes, has now extended a losing streak spanning nine sessions.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump said he may support a suspension of the federal diesel tax. The statement signals possible White House backing for a temporary fuel-tax holiday, a move that would affect federal revenue tied to diesel sales. No timeline, legislative text or estimated cost was given.