Right now
Equities
Risk-on — NDX ATHs, SPX +0.66%
- Brazil election (Bolsonaro 47% vs Lula 45%) driving EM re-rating
- Taiwan testing 50K for first time
- Nikkei back at 70K
- HSI +80bps
Rates
US 10Y at 5.30% (new highs), 30Y near 5.70%
- ISM Services 54.9, GDP tracking +4-5%
- Fed patient — no urgency on further hikes
- US L/S net leverage at 5Y lows (2nd percentile) → forced buyers if rally continues
FX
EUR at 17-month lows
- French debt concerns, OAT-Bund spread +50bps
- DXY +22bps
Commodities
Brent declined to $100 (−2%)
- On Saudi Nov Asia pricing cut and improving Hormuz flows
- Gold flat ~$4,141
- Iron ore off 52-week lows, Brazil +13% on election
AI / Semis
NVDA ATHs, Hon Hai Sep sales beat
- TSMC 3Q26 preview strong
- MS TP NT$3,088, GS TP NT$3,300
- Korea catching up post-holiday — Samsung buyback ending today, prelims Oct 8
- SK Hynix buyback slowing
- Mediatek −4% on Broadcom TPU staying
Deal flow
Schneider/PTC $22.6bn
- CHRW/RXO $5.8bn, McKesson/CD&R near $5bn+ deal for infusion services
Key events next 5 days · SGT
- Fri 09 Oct
- —TWTaiwan National Day — market closed
- —KRKorea market closed: Hangul Day
- —USAug factory orders
- —USDelta Air Lines results
- —USNetApp ex-dividend ($0.52)
- 21:30USFed's Schmid speaks
- 22:00USPrelim UoM Consumer Sentiment (forecast 47.5 · previous 47.8)
- 22:00USPrelim UoM Inflation Expectations (previous 4.6%)
- Sat 10 Oct
- —CNMainland exchanges closed (Saturday make-up working day)
- Mon 12 Oct
- —KR3-Year KTB auction
- —JPTokyo market closed: Health-Sports Day
- —USColumbus Day: NYSE open, US bond market closed
- Tue 13 Oct
- —CNSep trade data (date tbc, usually Oct 13–14)
- 19:00USBank earnings: JPMorgan (~19:00 SGT), Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citi; also BlackRock, J&J, UnitedHealth
- Wed 14 Oct
- —USMorgan Stanley results
- 09:30CNSep CPI (PPI likely same day)
- 20:30USSep CPI (cons. 3.7% y/y vs 3.4% prior)
Macro tape Fri 09 Oct 2026 09:45 SGT
| Indices |
|---|
| Hang Seng | 24,024.93 | +1.01% |
| HSCEI | 8,084.52 | +0.92% |
| HS TECH | 4,109.24 | +0.88% |
| Nikkei 225 | 68,391.69 | -0.94% |
| KOSPI2026-10-08 | 6,625.93 | -2.62% |
| TAIEX2026-10-08 | 49,313.44 | -0.99% |
| CSI 300 | 4,310.28 | -1.09% |
| ASX 200 | 8,697.90 | +0.43% |
| STI | 5,406.45 | -0.12% |
| Euro Stoxx 502026-10-09 | 6,126.73 | -0.87% |
| FTSE 1002026-10-08 | 10,441.60 | -0.16% |
| DAX2026-10-09 | 24,806.97 | -1.18% |
| S&P 500 | 7,765.36 | -0.47% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 30,725.81 | -1.39% |
| S&P 500 fut | 7,825.75 | +0.12% |
| Nasdaq fut | 30,993.25 | +0.08% |
| VIX | 15.41 | +2.19% |
| Commodities |
|---|
| Brent | 103.65 | -0.60% |
| WTI | 91.00 | -0.54% |
| Gold | 4,192.30 | +0.85% |
| Copper | 6.62 | +0.74% |
| Bitcoin | 81,919.80 | +0.28% |
| FX & rates |
|---|
| USD/JPY | 157.76 | -0.02% |
| USD/CNH | 6.70 | -0.04% |
| USD/KRW | 1,342.17 | -0.03% |
| USD/TWD | 31.90 | -0.05% |
| DXY | 102.00 | -0.14% |
| US 10Y yield | 5.23 | -0.87% |