U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE JAMIESON GREER SAID A THREE- TO SIX-MONTH EXTENSION OF THE TRADE TRUCE IS POSSIBLE, WHILE TRUMP AND XI ARE EXPECTED TO DISCUSS TRADE, RARE EARTHS AND AI; CHINESE RARE-EARTH MAGNET SHIPMENTS TO THE U.S. FELL 21% IN AUGUST. ...

JPMORGAN CEO DIMON SAYS HE STILL SEES THE U.S. AS A STRONG INVESTMENT DESTINATION, ADDING THAT INDIA'S FOREIGN-COMPANY BARRIERS, TAXATION AND REGULATIONS COULD DETER INVESTMENT - ET ...

EUROPEAN STOCK FUTURES EDGE HIGHER: EUROSTOXX 50 +0.3%, DAX +0.2%, FTSE +0.2% ...

OIL STEADIES AFTER A NEARLY 8% FOUR-DAY DROP AS IMPROVING FLOWS THROUGH THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ AND RENEWED DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS EASE MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CONCERNS, WITH BRENT NEAR $100 AND WTI BELOW $96 A BARREL. ...

SAUDI ARABIA HAS INCREASED OBSERVED LOADINGS FROM THE PERSIAN GULF, WHILE TRADERS WATCH FOR PROGRESS IN U.S.-IRAN TALKS AND TRUMP’S MEETINGS WITH XI JINPING; LIBYA’S SHARARA OIL FIELD OUTPUT HAS ALSO FALLEN BY MORE THAN HALF TO ABOUT 127,000 BARRELS A DAY. ...

META’S MUSE AI PLATFORM IS BOOSTING OPTIMISM ACROSS TAIWANESE TECHNOLOGY STOCKS, WITH HYPERSCALERS, CPUS, MEMORY AND NEOCLOUDS RALLYING AS INVESTORS FOCUS ON THE POTENTIAL OF CONSUMER-FOCUSED AGENTIC AI.

THE CPU THEME IS GAINING MOMENTUM AS AI AGENTS REQUIRE GREATER COMPUTING POWER, WHILE TSMC AND TAIWAN’S BROADER SEMICONDUCTOR SUPPLY CHAIN STAND TO BENEFIT; TSMC’S ADR ROSE MORE THAN 2%, WITH SUBSTRATES, CONNECTORS AND PASSIVE COMPONENTS ALSO SHOWING STRONG GAINS. ...

ASIAN STOCKS RISE 0.5% AS TECHNOLOGY SHARES TRACK WALL STREET HIGHER, WITH SOUTH KOREA’S KOSPI JUMPING MORE THAN 2% AND SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AND SK HYNIX LEADING GAINS; U.S. SEMICONDUCTOR STOCKS RALLIED MORE THAN 4%, WHILE META SURGED 11% AND AMD TOPPED A $1 TRILLION MARKET VALUE ON RENEWED AI OPTIMISM. ...

MARKETS ALSO FOCUS ON THURSDAY’S TRUMP-XI SUMMIT, WITH AI, TRADE AND INVESTMENT EXPECTED TO DOMINATE TALKS, WHILE BRENT HOLDS AROUND $100 AS MIDDLE EAST SUPPLY CONCERNS EASE; SPOT GOLD ROSE 0.7% TO $4,373.50, WHILE BITCOIN FELL 0.7% TO $86,335. ...

ASIAN SHARES START HIGHER AFTER A STRONG WALL STREET SESSION, WITH THE NASDAQ OUTPERFORMING ON META’S 11% SURGE AND AMD CROSSING THE $1 TRILLION MARKET-CAP MARK ...

SOUTH KOREA'S INDUSTRY MINISTRY IS TO BRIEF LAWMAKERS ON A TEXAS GAS POWER PLANT AS THE FIRST POTENTIAL PROJECT IN A U.S. INVESTMENT PACKAGE, A SOURCE SAYS, ADDING THAT SOUTH KOREA AND THE U.S. HAVE NOT REACHED AGREEMENT ON A WESTINGHOUSE STAKE INVESTMENT ...

GOLD CLIMBS AS STRONG FUNDAMENTALS CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PRICES — WSJ ...

COINBASE CONFIRMS REPORTED ISSUE IS NOW RESOLVED ...

VIETNAM’S LEADER TO LAM SAYS US TRADE DEAL COULD BE SIGNED SOON ...

BILL PULTE’S MORTGAGE SCRUTINY EXTENDED TO TRUMP’S POLITICAL RIVALS — WSJ ...

OIL GAINS MODESTLY AS TRADERS MONITOR SIGNS OF MIDEAST CONFLICT DIPLOMACY — WSJ ...

NIKKEI SEEN POISED FOR A POTENTIAL RALLY AS SHORTS PILE UP — WSJ ...

DOJ PROBING BINANCE OVER POTENTIAL IRAN SANCTIONS VIOLATIONS - BBG

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GOOGLE STARTS PRE-ORDERS FOR $899 LAPTOPS FEATURING GEMINI AI — REUTERS ...

WON STRENGTHENS 1% AGAINST THE DOLLAR IN SOUTH KOREA ...

SOUTH KOREA’S KIM SAYS US INVESTMENT WILL PROVIDE GREATER MARKET ACCESS FOR KOREAN BUSINESSES IN US ...