Sep 21 ,2026
Synopsis:
Asian markets set for positive start to Tuesday trade. Futures signaling opening gains in Hong Kong and Australia and an initial rally in South Korea. Japan remains closed for public holiday. S&P 500 futures flat afterhours. Australian bonds strengthening after Treasury yields declined. Crude little changed after falling to three-week low. Gold and silver coming off earlier lows. FX markets steady. Bitcoin surged to highest since January.
AI trade momentum extended into the offshore session with semis building on recent strength (SOX reached highest since mid-August). Initial concerns about frontier labs slowing pace of AI model development due to safety risks giving way to agentic AI hype. Positive sentiment surrounding META's Muse also reinforced outlook for semi demand, underpinned by agentic AI proliferation and reasoning > inference shift.
Oil retreated for a fourth straight session amid favorable Middle East supply headlines. Press highlighting Saudi Arabia increasing crude volumes via Persian Gulf amid Red Sea disruptions, helping to contain oil prices. US also talked up rebound in Hormuz crude volumes to six month high. Oil pullback also helped put some downward pressure on rates following recent backup driven in part by hawkish FOMC takeaways.
Pre-open Company News:
688472.CH -- CSI Solar president Zhuang Yan steps down, effective 19-Sep
3378.HK -- Hanx Biopharma and XtalPi enter agreement to apply AI in innovative drug development
811.HK -- Xinhua Winshare Publishing & Media acquires Sichuan Ethnic Publishing from controlling holder for CNY345.7M
9887.HK -- Nanjing Leads Biolabs' pivotal phase IIb LBL-024 EP-NEC study selected for ESMO presentation
RATCH.TB -- Ratch Group Public upgraded to buy from hold at Finansia Syrus
2652.HK -- CF PharmTech, Inc. completes enrollment and dosing of first healthy volunteer in Phase I clinical trial for ICF004
540173.IN -- PNB Housing Finance designates executive director Jatul Anand as COO
096770.KS -- SK Innovation upgraded to neutral from sell at Goldman Sachs
458870.KS -- Seers Technology initiated buy at IBK Securities
600276.CH -- China's NMPA approves Hengrui Pharmaceuticals's phase II trial of HRS-4729 for chronic kidney disease
F83.SP -- COSCO Shipping International (Singapore) completes 85% construction works of Jurong Island Logistics Hub phase ii project
600276.CH -- NMPA approves Hengrui Pharmaceuticals's trial of SHR-4595 for advanced solid tumors
688506.CH -- Sichuan Biokin Pharmaceutical to receive second $250M (CNY1.67B) milestone payment from Bristol Myers Squibb
AC.PM -- Ayala Corp enters PHP44.5B ($700M/¥109.98B) investment agreement with Mitsubishi Corporation at PHP650/share
301308.CH -- Shenzhen Longsys Electronics completes buyback programme for 2.3M shares totalling CNY800.0M
On Deck:
Australia:
Earnings:
Clover Corp. (CLV.AU), Myer Holdings (MYR.AU), Tuas (TUA.AU)
New Zealand:
Earnings:
KMD Brands (KMD.NZ)
Market Data:
Gold (Dec 26): +$14.00 or +0.32% to $4397.90
WTI Crude (Oct 26): ($0.03) or (0.03%) to $95.75
$-¥: +0.48 or +0.30% to 157.3550
$-KRW: (13.03) or (0.94%) to 1373.5200
A$-$: (0.00) or (0.09%) to 0.7119
$-INR: (0.20) or (0.21%) to 95.7845
$-CNY: (0.00) or (0.06%) to 6.6945
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