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TREE NEWS reports: Tesla and SpaceX are exploring a merger that would unite their bitcoin holdings totaling 30,221 BTC, a combined position that would rank sixth among public companies tracked by CoinGecko. Elon Musk said no transaction terms have been agreed. The disclosed bitcoin positions of the two companies would form one of the largest corporate crypto treasuries if the merger proceeds.

TREE NEWS reports: The MSCI Nordic Countries Index rose 0.9% to 395.74 points, with the Nordic industrials sector posting the largest gain among the ten sectors. Transport and logistics services provider DSV A/S climbed 15.1%, leading all Nordic individual stocks.

TREE NEWS reports: Germany’s DAX 30 index closed provisionally 1.23% higher at 25,616.42 on the day. France’s benchmark index rose 0.92%, Italy’s gained 1.09% with its banks index up 1.22%, and the UK’s index added 0.14%, all on a preliminary basis.

TREE NEWS reports: Apple’s stock extended its advance to 1.5% during the session. The move marks a continued gain for the iPhone maker’s shares, though no specific catalyst was disclosed in the available material. Further details on the timing and trading volume were not provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Bitcoin extended gains to approach $85,000, tagging $84.6K, after US stock markets reacted to higher-than-expected SpaceX earnings. The move came as US equities headed higher following the earnings beat. No further details on the scale or drivers of the crypto advance were provided.

TREE NEWS update: Intel said its factory in Arizona is nearing completion, the company announced. The plant is a key part of Intel’s US manufacturing buildout. No timeline, investment figure or production start date was disclosed in the statement.

TREE NEWS reports: Apple stock climbed more than 1% on the day, touching its highest level of the trading session. The move marked an intraday gain for the iPhone maker’s shares. No further details were immediately available.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq 100 climbed 0.9% to a fresh intraday high, while the S&P 500 gained 0.3%. The CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) fell 3.0% on the day to 16.79.

TREE NEWS reports: DayOne Data Centers is reassessing its US IPO and may delay the listing or cut the offering size to $2.5 billion–$3 billion, about half its original target, as volatility in the data-center sector intensifies. The Singapore-headquartered operator is still engaging potential investors and aims to proceed as soon as market conditions allow.

TREE NEWS reports: Berkshire Hathaway’s Class B shares rose about 0.6% to $543.06, setting an intraday record high. The Class A shares also climbed more than 0.5% to $814,027.80, likewise an all-time high.

TREE NEWS reports: The S&P 500 index turned negative, while the Nasdaq 100 was up 0.5% at the same time. No further details on the scale or timing of the moves were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Apple stores will have a limited supply of the iPhone Duo available on Friday. The constrained inventory suggests the new model may be in short supply at retail locations on its first day of availability. No further details on allocation or expected demand were provided.

TREE NEWS reports: Nebius Group NV is seeing AI compute prices rise faster than anticipated, Chief Revenue Officer Marc Boroditsky said, adding that the company is not in CoreWeave’s position because “we don’t carry the same debt they do.” New compute capacity coming online in 2027 would be booked quickly, with similar supply-demand dynamics possible in 2028, supporting long-term demand as enterprises compete for compute resources.

TREE NEWS update: Joyoung Co. said its closing prices on Oct. 20 and Oct. 21, 2026, produced a cumulative deviation of 21.18% over two consecutive trading days. As of Oct. 20, its trailing and static price-to-earnings ratios stood at 235.24 and 133.35, versus industry levels of 18.99 and 19.92. The company holds a 7.92% stake in Deep Thinking that is not consolidated, has no strategic partnership with Huawei, and holds an early-stage stake in Xiangke Intelligent via a wholly owned subsidiary.

TREE NEWS reports: The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index dropped more than 2%, with Xpeng Group falling over 5% and Alibaba and JD.com each declining nearly 3%. The move reflects a broad selloff across US-listed Chinese stocks.

TREE NEWS reports: SpaceX shares rose as much as 10%, marking the stock’s biggest single-day advance since August. The move extends the space company’s gains, though the material did not specify a closing price or the catalyst behind the rally. SpaceX is privately held and its shares trade on secondary markets.

TREE NEWS reports: Memory-chip stocks weakened in U.S. trading, with SanDisk down 0.6% after rising as much as 3.5% early in the session. Gains in Micron Technology and SK Hynix narrowed to less than 2%.COM data. The pullback marks a reversal from the sector’s stronger opening.

TREE NEWS reports: At the US market open, major sector ETFs traded mixed, with the semiconductor ETF and the global technology stocks index ETF each gaining more than 1%. The healthcare sector ETF fell 0.5%.

TREE NEWS reports: SpaceX (SPCX.O) shares opened 8% higher after the company reported third-quarter revenue of $14.6 billion, up 161% year on year. Elon Musk said annual recurring revenue could reach $500 billion to $1 trillion by the end of 2027. Memory stocks also led US equities higher, with SK Hynix (SKHY.O) and SanDisk (SNDK.O) up 4%, Micron (MU.O) up 3% and Nvidia (NVDA.O) up 2%.

TREE NEWS reports: SpaceX shares rose as much as 10% on the session, marking the stock’s largest single-day gain since August. The move extends an advance in the private space company’s equity, though the material did not specify the trading venue or the catalyst behind the rally.