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TREE NEWS reports: China’s official composite PMI came in at 50.7 for September, up from 49.5 in the previous month, moving back above the 50 mark that separates expansion from contraction. The reading covers both manufacturing and non-manufacturing activity in the world’s second-largest economy.

TREE NEWS reports: Australia’s private sector credit rose 0.6% month-on-month in August, matching the prior month’s 0.6% gain and slightly above the 0.5% pace economists had expected. The monthly figure covers lending to households and businesses. No further breakdown of the credit components was given.

TREE NEWS reports: Australia’s seasonally adjusted building approvals fell 6.1% month-on-month in August, the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported, far steeper than the 1% decline economists expected. The drop follows a revised 3.6% decrease in July. The data point to continued weakness in residential construction activity.

TREE NEWS reports: Australia’s August consumer price index rose 4.0% year on year, undershooting the 4.1% expected and up from 3.5% in the prior reading. The hotter annual pace still came in below consensus, a data point markets will weigh against the Reserve Bank of Australia’s rate path.

TREE NEWS reports: The CSI Convertible Bond Index opened 0.15% higher. Runhe Convertible Bond 02 led gains at 14.43%, followed by Zhen 26 Convertible Bond at 2.86%, Weidao Convertible Bond at 2.14%, Dinglong Convertible Bond at 1.97% and Yunji Convertible Bond at 1.95%. On the downside, Tianyuan Convertible Bond fell 0.91%, Lanxiao Convertible Bond 02 dropped 0.78%, Changgao Convertible Bond lost 0.39%, Jingyuan Convertible Bond slipped 0.38% and Shenneng Convertible Bond declined 0.37%.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s treasury futures opened mixed on the latest trading session, with the 30-year main contract down 0.06% and the 10-year main contract flat at 0.00%. The 5-year and 2-year main contracts were both unchanged from the previous day’s close.

TREE NEWS reports: Chinese real estate shares fell at the open, with Wawu and World Union hitting the 10% daily limit down. Shenzhen Property A, Shenzhen Zhenye A, Tefa Service and China Vanke A each dropped more than 6%.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s major A-share indexes opened higher, with the Shanghai Composite at 3839.25, up 0.23%. The Shenzhen Component rose 0.44% to 12958.08, the ChiNext Index gained 0.70% to 3164.70, and the CSI 300 added 0.27% to 4356.80. The STAR 50 opened at 1576.51, up 0.46%, while the CSI 500 and CSI 1000 rose 0.40% and 0.49% respectively.

TREE NEWS update: The People’s Bank of China conducted 833.5 billion yuan of overnight reverse repurchase operations on Thursday. The move came as 706.5 billion yuan of reverse repos matured the same day, leaving a net injection of 127 billion yuan. The PBOC’s open market operations are the main tool it uses to manage short-term liquidity in the banking system.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened 0.53% lower at 24,393.88, while the Hang Seng Tech Index slipped 0.41%. Tencent Music and JD.com each fell more than 2%, with Zhipu rising more than 2%.

TREE NEWS update: China’s National Bureau of Statistics will publish the official manufacturing and non-manufacturing PMI for September at 09:30 Beijing time. The monthly gauges are the first official read on the country’s factory and services activity for the month.

TREE NEWS reports: The People’s Bank of China set the yuan’s central parity rate at 6.7351 per US dollar, 60 pips stronger than the previous fix of 6.7411. The onshore yuan closed the prior session at 6.7037, while the overnight session last traded at 6.7065.

TREE NEWS update: China’s Ministry of Finance published its fourth-quarter 2026 government bond issuance plan, scheduling three tranches of ultra-long special treasury bonds in October with maturities of 20, 30 and 50 years. October’s calendar also includes one five-year special treasury bond for recapitalizing central financial institutions and two tranches of book-entry savings bonds with three- and five-year tenors.

TREE NEWS update: China’s express delivery volume has exceeded 150 billion parcels so far this year, the State Post Bureau said on September 30. The figure was reached as of September 29, 12 days earlier than the same milestone in 2025.

TREE NEWS reports: China’s domestic commodity futures opened mixed on the latest session, with synthetic rubber climbing more than 4% while rubber and TSR 20 rose over 3%. Rapeseed oil and No. 1 soybean gained nearly 2%, and palladium, rapeseed meal and Shanghai gold advanced over 1%. On the downside, SC crude oil fell more than 2%, fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil dropped nearly 2%, and LPG, asphalt and Shanghai nickel each lost over 1%.

TREE NEWS reports: Taiwan’s benchmark TAIEX weighted stock index closed up 1.1% at 48,145.33 points. The move marks the index’s latest session gain, with the advance measured against the prior close.

TREE NEWS reports: The combined margin financing balance on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges stood at 2.57147 trillion yuan as of September 29, down 2.048 billion yuan from the previous trading day. The Shanghai exchange’s balance rose 714 million yuan to 1.319482 trillion yuan, while the Shenzhen exchange’s balance fell 2.762 billion yuan to 1.251988 trillion yuan.

TREE NEWS update: South Korea’s finance ministry said it is closely monitoring the government bond market. The statement gives no further detail on the specific conditions being tracked or any planned measures. No figures, dates or policy actions were disclosed.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Topix index extended its advance to 1% on the day, pushing the broad-based Tokyo benchmark higher. The move reflects firm demand across the market’s constituent shares. No further details were given in the latest reading.

TREE NEWS reports: US equity futures moved higher, with Nasdaq 100 futures gaining 0.4%. The move signals a positive pre-market tone for US stocks ahead of the cash session.