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Brent crude is trading at $87.93/bbl, up a marginal 0.10% on the session, while WTI sits at $83.06/bbl (+1.01%). The headline price action looks almost …
The Swiss franc is trading like a currency caught between two gravitational pulls. USD/...
Brent crude is trading at $87.93 per barrel, up a marginal 0.10% on the session, but th...
## The BoJ's Dovish Pivot Meets a Fading Carry Trade The Japanese yen is once again the...
The dollar index is holding its ground on the surface, but the internals of the global ...
Silver is trading at **69.08 USD/oz**, up **1.61%** on the session, while gold sits at ...
The dollar is bid, but the cross-asset tape is no longer trading as a single, monolithi...
Silver is trading at 69.08 USD/oz, up 1.61% on the session, while gold sits at 4594.15 ...
Spot gold is trading at **4598.73 USD/oz (+0.13%)** , a level that on the surface sugge...
The dollar index is doing its best impression of a coiled spring — tight, tense, and da...
The FX market is exhibiting a peculiar form of tension. While the headline dollar index...
Silver is outperforming gold by a wide margin today, and the gold/silver ratio is break...
Spot gold is trading at 4602.99 USD/oz, up a modest 0.25% on the session, but the real ...
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美团(03690.HK)：上半年营业损失37.8亿元人民币。
Bank of China (03988.HK): H1 revenue increased by 8.41% year-on-year.
Spring Airlines: Plans to Publicly Issue Corporate Bonds Not Exceeding RMB 10 Billion
MINISO: H1 revenue up 22.4% year-on-year
Accelerated Construction of the National Integrated Computing Power Network; Over 20 Computing Power Scheduling Entities Onboarded
Junzheng Shares: Net profit for the first half of 2026 reached RMB 1.198 billion, a year-on-year increase of 489.59%.
Bank of Communications: Net profit for the first half of the year increased by 4.04% year-on-year
Kingboard Laminates, a PCB materials manufacturer, has implemented a 10%-20% price increase across all products effective immediately.
Yuexiu Property: Profit attributable to equity holders declined by 93.6% in the first half of the year
Biren Technology: First-half revenue surged 1,997.6% year-on-year
Agricultural Bank of China: Net profit for the first half reached RMB 148.062 billion
The Ministry of Finance has issued clarifications on value-added tax (VAT) matters concerning non-taxable transactions and other related issues.
Meituan (03690.HK) reported an adjusted net profit of RMB 2.52 billion in the second quarter, a year-on-year increase of 69%.
ICBC (01398.HK) reported a 9.1% year-on-year increase in revenue for the first half of the year.
Meituan (03690.HK): Revenue for the second quarter of 2026 reached RMB 104.64 billion, a year-on-year increase of 14.4%.
The onshore yuan closed at 6.7204 against the U.S. dollar at 16:30 on August 28, down 5 pips from the previous trading session.
Market News: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will travel to the United States and Switzerland starting August 30.
Postal Savings Bank of China (01658.HK): Operating revenue for the first half of 2026 amounted to RMB 192.482 billion, a year-on-year increase of 7.26%; net profit attributable to shareholders of the bank was RMB 51.503 billion, a year-on-year increase of 4.62%.
U.S. Embassy in India: The Indian military has signed a procurement agreement with the United States for Javelin missiles.
AI robotics firm Sharpa completes RMB 4.5 billion funding round, backed by multiple tech giants
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