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TREE NEWS reports: China’s 2026 Mid-Autumn holiday box office (Sept 25-27) surpassed 50 million yuan. ‘Avengers: Endgame (Enhanced Premium Edition)’, ‘Eight Immortals!’ and ‘Welcome to Dragon Restaurant’ currently rank as the top three films on the chart.

TREE NEWS reports: Thailand’s customs-based exports rose 24.3% year on year in August, while imports climbed 25.1%, leaving a trade deficit of $250 million for the month. The figures, released on customs data, show imports outpacing exports as the country’s trade gap persisted into August.

TREE NEWS update: The China Coast Guard carried out a comprehensive law enforcement patrol in the national nature reserve at Huangyan Dao, also known as Scarborough Shoal, state broadcaster CCTV reported. The patrol is described as covering the protected area in full. No further details on the operation were provided.

TREE NEWS update: The Xi’an–Ankang section of the Xi’an–Chongqing high-speed railway will open to traffic on Sept 28, China Railway said. The fastest journey between Xi’an East Station and Ankang West Station will be 45 minutes, a link the operator said will support coordinated regional economic and social development.

TREE NEWS reports: The one-month Hong Kong Interbank Offered Rate (HIBOR) climbed to its highest level since January. The move marks a sharp tightening in short-term Hong Kong dollar funding costs, with the benchmark rate now at its loftiest since the start of the year.

TREE NEWS update: Xiamen held its first land auction since the “8·28” property policy on September 24, selling two residential plots at reserve prices for a combined 4.195 billion yuan. The Huli district plot, the first residential site in Xiamen and in Fujian province to require completed-home sales, drew a floor price of 35.61 billion… no, 3.561 billion yuan from C&D, setting a record composite floor price of 58,148 yuan per square meter for Xiamen residential land.

TREE NEWS reports: Domestic flight bookings for Sept 25, the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, rose more than 60% year on year, as travelers extended the break by taking three days off around it. Searches for Mid-Autumn moon-viewing and autumn travel keywords were 3.1 times higher week on week, with many Oct 1 National Day trips pulled forward.

TREE NEWS update: Track laying on the Chongqing section of the Chengdu-Chongqing Middle Line high-speed railway was completed on September 25, with the final 500-meter rail segment laid at the Renhe Tunnel site in Liangjiang New Area, Chongqing. The work marks the completion of track installation on the Chongqing portion of the line.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Nikkei 225 and the Topix index both closed the morning session up 1.2%. The two benchmarks moved in tandem through the half-day trading period.

TREE NEWS update: Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said bond yields are being influenced by multiple factors, adding that the government is doing its utmost to respond to rising yields. Katayama gave no further detail on the specific drivers or the measures under consideration. The comments come as Japanese government bond yields remain a focus for global markets.

TREE NEWS update: The yen strengthened sharply in short-term trading after Japan’s finance minister said Donald Trump expressed concern about the currency’s weakness. The remark put the yen’s recent slide back in focus, with the US president’s view on the exchange rate now part of the market’s read on the pair. No further details or figures were given.

TREE NEWS update: Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said the specific tools of monetary policy are for the Bank of Japan to decide, adding that the BOJ’s recent rate hike was aimed at achieving its inflation target. She declined to comment on specific exchange-rate levels or rate checks, and said Japan will coordinate closely with the US on foreign exchange, noting that President Trump and the US side expressed concern over yen weakness during the summit.

TREE NEWS update: US President Donald Trump hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at a White House welcome banquet on the evening of September 24. In his remarks, Trump said he had felt the warmth and hospitality of the Chinese people during his visit to Beijing earlier this year, and that he hoped to extend the same hospitality to the Chinese delegation on their first visit to Washington in more than a decade.

TREE NEWS reports: The Hang Seng Tech Index extended its intraday decline to 2%, with Xiaomi and Alibaba each falling more than 3%. The move marks a broad pullback in Hong Kong-listed technology shares, with the two companies among the index’s heaviest-weighted constituents.

TREE NEWS reports: Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index opened down 0.96% at 24,523.50 points, while the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 0.99%. Alibaba and NetEase each dropped more than 2%, and JD Health and BYD shares slipped nearly 2%.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s Topix index extended its advance to 1% on the day. The broader Tokyo benchmark’s move came as the index widened its gain during the session. No further details on the drivers of the move were given.

TREE NEWS reports: FTSE China A50 index futures opened 0.05% higher, after closing the previous night session up 0.03%. The modest early gain extends the prior session’s slight advance in the Singapore-listed contract tracking the largest A-share companies.

TREE NEWS update: Changan Automobile said at a recent roadshow that it aims to begin mass production of humanoid robots in 2028 and launch a flying car on a commercial route by 2030. The Chinese automaker said it is accelerating the industrialization of embodied-intelligence humanoid robots and flying cars, with all research and development proceeding on schedule and specific progress subject to official company announcements.

TREE NEWS reports: Japan’s 40-year government bond yield climbed 5.5 basis points to 4.255%. The move extends upward pressure on the longest end of the Japanese sovereign curve.

TREE NEWS reports: European equity futures opened slightly higher, with Euro Stoxx 50 and German DAX futures each up 0.4% and UK FTSE futures up 0.2%. In the US, S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures each fell 0.2%.