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TREE NEWS update: Japan’s top currency official, Atsushi Mimura, said all ASEAN economies need to address immediate challenges including energy shocks and inflation. Fiscal support should be delivered in a way that is targeted, focused and temporary, he said, adding that this approach should apply both in ASEAN and in Japan.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s National Bureau of Statistics said September gasoline prices rose 16.6% year-on-year, with the gain widening 7.3 percentage points from the previous month. The increase contributed about 0.47 percentage points to the year-on-year rise in the consumer price index and pushed energy price growth up to 7.3% in September from 4.1% a month earlier.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that gasoline prices in September rose 16.6% year-on-year, with the increase expanding by 7.3 percentage points from the previous month. This rise contributed approximately 0.47 percentage points to the year-on-year increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the growth rate of energy prices was pushed up from 4.1% in the previous month to 7.3% in September.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that September gasoline prices rose 16.6% year-on-year, with the increase expanding by 7.3 percentage points from the previous month. This rise contributed about 0.47 percentage points to the year-on-year increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the energy price growth rate was raised from 4.1% in the previous month to 7.3% in September.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Bureau of Statistics announced that gasoline prices in September rose 16.6% year-on-year, with the increase widening by 7.3 percentage points from the previous month. This rise contributed approximately 0.47 percentage points to the year-on-year increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), and the growth rate of energy prices was pushed up from 4.1% in the previous month to 7.3% in September.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s core consumer price index, which strips out food and energy prices, rose 1.0% year-on-year in September, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The reading matched the pace recorded in the previous month, indicating underlying inflation held steady.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s September consumer price index showed food prices falling 1.7% year-on-year while non-food prices rose 1.5%. The split highlights continued deflationary pressure in food categories alongside modest gains in non-food goods and services.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s September consumer price index rose 0.9% year-on-year, up from 0.8% in August, while the producer price index climbed 5.0% year-on-year, exceeding the 4.4% estimate and accelerating from 3.8% the prior month. The print shows factory-gate inflation running well above expectations.

TREE NEWS reports: The CSI Convertible Bond Index opened 0.14% lower. Outong Convertible Bond, Jizhi Convertible Bond, Aopu Convertible Bond, Jingce Convertible Bond 2 and Haoyuan Convertible Bond led the declines, falling 1.97%, 1.79%, 1.78%, 1.48% and 1.43% respectively. Aohong Convertible Bond, Hongtu Convertible Bond, Yanggu Convertible Bond, Xianghe Convertible Bond and Fuhan Convertible Bond led the gains, rising 1.68%, 1.50%, 0.83%, 0.64% and 0.63%.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s treasury futures opened mixed on the latest trading session, with the 30-year main contract down 0.05% and the 10-year main contract flat at 0.00%. The 5-year main contract held unchanged from the previous day, while the 2-year main contract also slipped 0.00%.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s major stock indices opened lower on the session, with the Shanghai Composite down 0.27% at 3790.63 and the Shenzhen Component off 0.36% at 12308.64. The ChiNext Index fell 0.52% to 2943.01, the CSI 300 dropped 0.38% to 4259.33, and the STAR 50 declined 0.54% to 1419.46.

TREE NEWS reports: Taiwan’s benchmark TAIEX weighted stock index rose 1% on the day. The move marks a gain for the Taiwan Stock Exchange’s main gauge, which tracks the island’s largest listed companies. No further details on the session’s drivers or individual stock performance were provided.

TREE NEWS update: The People’s Bank of China conducted a 56 billion yuan (RMB) 7-day reverse repurchase operation on the day, keeping the rate unchanged at 1.40%. No reverse repos matured on the same day, resulting in a net liquidity injection of 56 billion yuan into the banking system.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened 0.26% lower at 24,282.25 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index slipped 0.02% and the Hang Seng Biotech Index fell 1.25%. Akeso led the declines, dropping 6.7%.

TREE NEWS update: China’s September consumer price index and producer price index are scheduled for release at 09:30 Beijing time, the National Bureau of Statistics’ standard monthly publication slot. The two gauges are the month’s first hard read on Chinese inflation at the factory gate and at the consumer level. No figures have been published yet.

TREE NEWS reports: The People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s central parity rate at 6.7249 per dollar, 49 pips stronger than the previous fix of 6.7298. The onshore spot closed the prior session at 6.6945, while the overnight session ended at 6.6928.

TREE NEWS update: UN Secretary-General’s spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on the 13th that wheat and flour stocks in Taiz city, capital of Yemen’s Taiz governorate, could be exhausted in less than three weeks as fighting escalates. Fuel shortages are also threatening water supply. The WHO reported a surge in suspected cholera cases, with about a quarter of this year’s 8,000-plus suspected cases recorded in the past four weeks.

TREE NEWS reports: Taiwan’s benchmark TAIEX weighted stock index opened nearly flat on Thursday, quoted at 48,382.64 points. The index showed little movement from the prior close in early trading.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s commodity futures opened mixed on the session, with fuel oil’s main contract up more than 3% and pure benzene also gaining 3%. Ethylene glycol rose nearly 2%, while Shanghai tin fell over 3% and Shanghai silver dropped more than 2%. Platinum, soda ash and palladium each declined over 1%.

TREE NEWS reports: FTSE China A50 index futures opened 0.06% higher in early trading, rebounding from a 0.04% decline in the previous session’s night trading. The move reflects modest early positioning in the benchmark contract tracking the largest A-share companies.