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TREE NEWS reports: Robot-concept stocks on China’s A-share market remained active, with Duolun Technology notching a fourth consecutive limit-up and Guangyang Co. a second. Qin’an Co. and Duoli Technology also hit their daily limits, while Xiangyang Bearing, Ruide Zhiqu, Yiheda, Hongchang Technology and Shandong Mining Machinery posted gains.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese auto manufacturing stocks rose at the open on Monday, with Shuguang Holdings hitting the daily limit-up straight away. Zotye Auto, Ankai Bus, Jianghuai Automobile, Jinlong Motors and BAIC BluePark followed the sector higher. The material did not specify the trading date or the size of the moves in the other names.

TREE NEWS reports: The ChiNext Index rose more than 1% on the day, while the Shanghai Composite gained 0.1% and the Shenzhen Component added 0.71%. Computing hardware and semiconductor chip sectors posted the steepest declines. Nearly 4,000 stocks advanced across the Shanghai, Shenzhen and Beijing markets.

TREE NEWS reports: The CSI Convertible Bond Index opened 0.18% higher. N Laite Convertible Bond led gains at 30.00%, followed by Aohong at 4.44%, Huamao at 3.92%, Weidao at 3.16% and Yitian at 2.65%. Aopu Convertible Bond led decliners, falling 1.64%, with Wankai down 1.54%, Huicheng down 1.03%, Silu down 1.02% and Longxin down 0.97%.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese A-share semiconductor chip stocks opened higher on Thursday, led by Tiandeyu, which rose more than 10%. Dongxin Co., Zhongjing Technology, Lixin Micro, Puran Shares and Changchuan Technology also opened up. The material did not specify the date or the size of gains for the other stocks.

TREE NEWS reports: The Shanghai Composite opened at 3698.44 on [date], up 0.02%, as Chinese equities started the session mixed. The Shenzhen Component rose 0.49% to 11591.36, the ChiNext Index gained 0.89% to 2661.71, and the CSI 300 added 0.05% to 4105.48. The STAR 50 advanced 0.86% to 1326.76.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened 0.21% higher at 23,260.14 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index rose 0.74%. Among individual stocks, Lenovo Group gained more than 5%, WuXi AppTec climbed nearly 5%, and Hua Hong Semiconductor and Zhipu both advanced more than 4%.

TREE NEWS update: The Korea Exchange activated its SIDECAR circuit breaker on KOSPI, suspending programmatic buying orders. The mechanism halts automated buy-side trading on the main board, a step the exchange takes to curb sharp moves in the index. No further details on the trigger or the duration of the suspension were given.

TREE NEWS reports: The MSCI Asia-Pacific Index rose 1% to 260.79 points, a broad regional equity benchmark move. The gain reflects strength across Asia-Pacific stock markets in the session.

TREE NEWS reports: Taiwan’s TAIEX weighted stock index extended its advance to 1% on the day. The benchmark’s move reflects broad gains across the exchange’s listed shares. No further details on sector performance or individual stocks were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: FTSE China A50 index futures opened 0.37% higher, following a 0.19% gain in the previous trading day’s night session. The move tracks early futures trading in the benchmark index of China’s largest A-share companies.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose as much as 2% during intraday trading, extending its advance. The index’s move higher reflects the broader session’s momentum in Tokyo equities.

TREE NEWS reports: Margin financing balances across the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges fell by a combined 5.56 billion yuan to 2.39 trillion yuan as of Oct. 26. The Shanghai exchange’s balance dropped 2.65 billion yuan to 1.23 trillion yuan, while Shenzhen’s fell 2.91 billion yuan to 1.15 trillion yuan, each compared with the previous trading day.

TREE NEWS reports: US equity futures rose modestly, with S&P 500 futures gaining 0.2% and Nasdaq 100 futures adding 0.4%. The move signals a slightly firmer open for Wall Street as investors position ahead of the session.

TREE NEWS reports: South Korea’s benchmark KOSPI index rose more than 4% on the day. The move marks a sharp single-session gain for the Seoul stock market. No further details on the drivers or specific closing levels were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 opened 0.5% higher, while South Korea’s KOSPI opened up 3.5%. SK Hynix rose more than 6% and Samsung Electronics gained more than 4% in early trade.

TREE NEWS reports: Nikkei 225 futures climbed 1.8% in early trading, pointing to a higher open for Japanese equities. The move reflects gains in the futures market ahead of the cash session.

TREE NEWS reports: Listed storage companies are expanding raw material stockpiles and signing long-term procurement agreements to secure supply chain coordination and delivery. The moves come as sustained AI computing infrastructure buildout drives strong demand for enterprise-grade storage products, with some storage firms reporting rapid business growth. The companies are also optimizing product mix and expanding their customer base.

TREE NEWS update: The Shanghai Stock Exchange’s merger review committee will on Oct. 29 review Orient Securities’ plan to buy 100% of Shanghai Securities via A-share issuance and cash, a deal valued at about 25.1 billion yuan ($3.5 billion). The transaction is one of the year’s landmark industrial consolidation projects, as A-share M&A shifts toward industrial synergy.

TREE NEWS update: Anthropic disclosed Monday that it has filed a Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, giving investors their first detailed look at the AI company’s finances. Traders on prediction market Kalshi assign a 95% probability that the company will formally announce an IPO by the end of 2026, defining that as the SEC declaring the S-1 effective, the offering being priced, or an exchange assigning a ticker. On Polymarket, traders see a 69% chance Anthropic lists and begins trading by Nov. 20.