🌏 Macro theme
AI-spending doubts and energy-supply risks are driving sentiment. Chip stocks led Wall Street lower on Friday, and Asia opened sharply lower before trimming losses. 🛢️ Gulf tanker attacks and a Ukrainian strike on a Russian oil terminal keep crude elevated.
🇺🇸 Wall Street (Friday close)
📉 S&P 500: –1.1% to 7,659 (–1.9% on the week)
📉 Nasdaq: –2.1% to 26,140
📉 Dow: –0.3% to 52,002
🌏 Asian markets
🇯🇵 Nikkei 225: –0.7%, near 64,855, after an early drop of more than 2%
🇰🇷 Kospi: +0.6%, near 5,700
🇨🇳 Shanghai: +0.2%, near 3,722, after Q3 GDP of +4.5% y/y (forecast 4.4%) and retail sales of +1.1% (forecast 0.5%)
🇦🇺 ASX 200: +0.3%, near 8,833
🇭🇰 Hong Kong: closed for Chung Yeung Day
💱 Markets
🥇 Gold: ~$4,182 (+0.4%)
🥈 Silver: ~$57.73 (+1.3%)
🛢️ Brent: ~$107.87 (–1.8%)
💶 EUR/USD: ~1.1231 (–0.1%)
💴 USD/JPY: ~158.09
₿ Bitcoin: ~$82,600 (+1.0%)
Ξ Ethereum: ~$2,425 (+0.3%)
🏦 Fed watch
Fed Chair Warsh gave no clear rate guidance. Markets price about an 84% chance of no change at the October 27–28 meeting.
📅 Today’s calendar (GMT+3)
🇨🇳 05:00 – GDP Q/Q and Y/Y (Q3), released: 4.5% y/y
🇨🇦 15:30 – Consumer Price Index M/M and Y/Y (Sep)
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