#HKMarketUpdate
<Full-day Takeaway>HSI Closes at 25,440, Down 212 pts; HSTI Closes at 4,776, Down 47 pts; BABA Down over 3%; Market Turnover Rises AASTOCKS Financial News - Top News

At close, HSI dropped 212 pts or 0.8% to 25,440. HSTI dropped 47 pts or 1.0% to 4,776. HSCEI fell 81 pts or 1.0% to 8,446. Market turnover reached $216.78 billion.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1537836/top-news/AAFN

#HKMarketUpdate
<H Shrs> HSI Closes Down 212 pts for Day; NTES (09999.HK) Slumps 5%, TENCENT (00700.HK) Falls Nearly 2%; CN Home Stocks Surge in Afternoon
2026/08/12 16:38 GMT+08

The three major US stock indices fell for a second consecutive session, with declines ranging from 0.3% to 0.6%, while escalating uncertainty in the Middle East continued to lift oil prices. The HSI opened down 154 pts this morning (12th) and remained under pressure throughout the session, at one point falling more than 300 pts. It closed the day at 25,440 pts, down 212 pts or 0.83%, with total turnover at HKD216.779 billion. The HSTECH closed at 4,776 pts, down 47 pts or 0.99%, while the HSCEI closed at 8,446 pts, down 81 pts or 0.96%.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1537852/top-news/AAFN

#MarketMind
#TradingDay: Peace fog

Aug 11 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell and oil rose on Tuesday, price moves driven by deepening pessimism around the prospect of a U.S.-Iran peace deal, while major currency and bond markets were largely steady as investors awaited the release of U.S. inflation figures on Wednesday.

In my column today, ​I look at the tug-of-war going on in U.S. rates markets. A relatively dovish Fed would please President Donald Trump but risk pushing long-dated ‌yields up, to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's irritation. On the other hand, Fed rate hikes would likely bring down the 10-year yield, infuriating Trump, but easing Bessent's worries about the 10-year yield. It's a conundrum.

Today's Talking Points:
Circular thinking
Nvidia has struck a $500 billion "deal" with the world's top private credit and equity firms to essentially help them fund the purchases of its chips. It points to plenty of institutional demand still out there for "compute", which Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Monday said is now an "investible asset class."...

CPI on the prize
U.S. rates market pricing right now for the Fed's September meeting is essentially a coin flip, between no change and a 25-basis-point rate hike. The July CPI inflation report to be released on Wednesday morning may go a long way to deciding how the coin lands...

Re-emerging markets?
Is the exodus from emerging markets over, and if so, does that point to an upswing across EM in the second half of the year? Flows data from the IIF on Tuesday showed that non-residents plowed nearly $19 billion into EM securities in July, snapping two straight months of ⁠outflows. But bonds did all the heavy lifting, with $26.7 billion of inflows, against a $7.8 billion equity outflow...


What could move markets tomorrow?
What could move markets tomorrow?
Developments in the Middle East
Germany CPI inflation (July, final)
U.S. Treasury ​sells $42 billion of 10-year notes at auction
U.S. CPI inflation (July)
U.S. earnings, including Cisco Systems

Jamie McGeever
https://www.reuters.com/commentary/reuters-open-interest/global-markets-trading-day-graphic-2026-08-11/

#AsiaMarketUpdate
Shares are mostly higher in Asia, with Kospi up 3.7%, while oil prices gain

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday after U.S. stocks slipped a bit further from their records, while oil prices advanced as doubts persisted over when the war with Iran will allow crude to flow freely again.

Tokyo's Nikkei 225 gained 0.8% to 67,524.06.

In South Korea, the Kospi gained 3.7% to 6,579.04 on renewed buying of computer chipmakers. Samsung Electronics gained 6.7% and memory chipmaker SK Hynix was up 5.5%.

Taiwan's Taiex advanced 0.9%.
The Shanghai Composite index added 0.3% to 3,946.68, while the Hang Seng in Hong Kong slipped 1% to 25,401.92.

In Australia, the S&P/ASX 200 lost 0.5% to 9,209.40.

The price of a barrel of Brent crude, the international standard, was up 1% at $89.79 early Wednesday. U.S. benchmark crude oil picked up 1% to $84.07.

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/world-indices/articles/shares-mostly-higher-asia-kospi-052056331.html

Taiwan's Foxconn reports 35% rise in Q2 profit on AI demand, beats forecasts
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/taiwans-foxconn-reports-35-rise-062345360.html

Tech stocks are getting cheaper even as earnings stay strong: Chart of the Day
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/tech-stocks-are-getting-cheaper-even-as-earnings-stay-strong-chart-of-the-day-100000044.html

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Aug 12)
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/daily-debrief-what-happened-today-aug-122

Singapore shares slip as STI sheds 0.6% on bank losses
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singapore-shares-slip-sti-sheds-0-6-bank-losses

Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Aug 12, 2026

https://str.sg/maLE

Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: CoreWeave, Super Micro Computer, Coherent & more

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-crwv-smic-cohr.html?__source=androidappshare

World's largest sovereign wealth fund posts record profit, reveals SpaceX stake

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/12/norway-sovereign-wealth-fund-spacex-nvidia-apple-nbim.html?__source=androidappshare

Singapore commercial property deals on track to hit record in 2026
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/singapore-commercial-property-deals-track-hit-record-2026

July inflation eased up, despite recent energy shocks
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/article/july-inflation-eased-up-despite-recent-energy-shocks-182926153.html

#QuarterChart
https://vt.tiktok.com/ZS4Kft6Ta/

Here's the biggest risk to America's data center building boom
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/article/heres-the-biggest-risk-to-americas-data-center-building-boom-121942236.html

Goldman Sachs to buy ETF provider Neos in $2.3 billion deal
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/options/articles/goldman-sachs-buy-etf-provider-121032422.html

CoreWeave stock soars 20% after earnings and 'an important inflection point'
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/coreweave-stock-soars-20-after-earnings-and-an-important-inflection-point-193036479.html

Cooler CPI inflation reading bolsters case for Fed to hold rates in September
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/cooler-cpi-inflation-reading-bolsters-case-for-fed-to-hold-rates-in-september-125312469.html

#USMarketUpdate
S&P 500 rises after tame inflation data; AI-related shares jump:

Live updates

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/11/stock-market-today-live-updates.html?__source=androidappshare

#Soloway.

CPI came in exactly in line — every number matched estimates — and the market is relieved. Gareth Soloway goes straight to what matters: the dollar is falling into major trend-line support, the 10-Year is coming in, and FedWatch flipped back to favoring no hike in September. Add blowout AI earnings from CoreWeave, SMCI, and NBIS, and the question is whether the S&P breaks out.

📐 TODAY'S GAME PLAN

🔵 CPI BREAKDOWN — Headline +0.1% monthly and +3.4% yearly, core +0.2% and +2.5%, all in line. Shelter's one-tenth uptick was two-thirds of the gain, and airline fares jumped 2.2%.
🔵 THE FED — FedWatch flipped from a coin flip to 55.9% no hike versus 44.1% hike on September 16. Gareth's view has not moved: no hikes. Hiking into a softening labor market is a tough sell, and he sees cuts in 2027.
🔴 DXY / 10-YR YIELD — The dollar is falling into the daily trend line he has flagged for several videos. Break it and he calls it a slippery slope — smart money voting no hike. The 10-Year sits at 4.656%, already falling before the print.
🟢 SPY — The move off support into resistance and the chop that followed, even with oil in the mid-$80s, reads as bullish consolidation. Falling yields, a falling dollar, and hot AI earnings may trigger the breakout. If it goes, 8,100–8,200 is possible within a couple of months — and he believes that is where the major top forms.
🟢 CRWV — Up nearly 20% and the big level of the day. A three-factor pivot at $122 stacks a descending trend line, a pivot high, and the 0.618 fib. Trading near $107, so it is a ways off, but he likes it a lot.
🟢 SMCI — Guidance came in roughly 35–40% above consensus and the stock is ripping. First day-trade level near $36.75, then $38.15, with the big one at $40.50.
🟢 CAVA / NBIS — Cava's guidance points to middle-income customers returning; aggressive traders can eye the $74.40 pivot top, though Gareth watches $76.75. NBIS is up almost 20%; he prefers $240–241 as a day trade, with the $240–$275 gap as the swing level.
🟢 GOLD / GDX / SILVER — Gold pushes into a thick band of resistance and GDX runs hard, with resistance near $94. Silver is up but below yesterday's highs and broke its descending trend line — a retrace to that line would be a return to the scene of the crime.
🔵 US OIL / NATGAS — Iran and the US are no closer to a deal, and the wedge tells the same story as the news: a holding pattern tightening until something resolves it. Natural gas keeps failing $2.83; a daily close above opens $3.00.
🟢 BITCOIN — Two down days after Strategy sold some Bitcoin on Monday, now inching off the lows with risk assets. Gareth stays bullish for one reason: the breakout still holds. Lose the trend line and probability flips.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: The chart beats the narrative. Gareth is blunt that when he trades the news, emotion takes over and he loses. Charts do not win every time — he puts it near 75% — but that edge is why the trend line, not the headline, decides his stance.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS (estimated)
00:00​ CPI Hits: Every Number In Line
02:00​ Shelter, Airfares, and Gas
06:00​ FedWatch Flips to No Hike
10:00​ Dollar at Trend-Line Support
14:00​ The 10-Year Was Already Falling
17:00​ S&P Breakout and the 8,200 Top
22:00​ CoreWeave's Three-Factor Pivot
26:00​ SMCI, Cava, NBIS Levels
33:00​ Gold, GDX, Silver's Retrace
37:00​ Oil and Natural Gas
41:00​ Bitcoin: Charts Over News
45:00​ Wrap-Up

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