#HKMarketUpdate
<Full-day Takeaway>HSI Closes at 25,698, Up 203 pts; HSTI Closes at 4,700, Up 18 pts; SINO BIOPHARM Up over 12%; OOIL, TINGYI, GENSCRIPT BIO, CHINAGOLDINTL, SITC Hit New Highs; Market Turnover Rises

2026/08/20 16:12 GMT+08

At close, HSI rose 203 pts or 0.8% to 25,698. HSTI rose 18 pts or 0.4% to 4,700. HSCEI gained 76 pts or 0.9% to 8,547. Market turnover reached $269.12 billion.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1539587/top-news/AAFN

#HKMarketUpdate
<H Shrs>HSI Ends Up 203 Pts; KUAISHOU-W Dives 11%; mRNA Concept Stocks Swell

2026/08/20 16:35 GMT+086411344

This morning (20th), the HSI opened up 284 pts and hovered near the peak level. It once rallied nearly 350 pts in the afternoon before trimming gains late in the session. The index closed at 25,698, up 203 pts or 0.8%, with turnover at HKD269.119 billion. The HSCEI closed at 8,547, up 76 pts or 0.9%. The HSTECH closed at 4,700 pts, up 18 pts or 0.39%.

https://www.aastocks.com/en/stocks/news/aafn-con/NOW.1539597/top-news/AAFN

Alibaba’s revenue climbs 9% in testament to China’s AI boom
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/telcos-media-tech/alibabas-revenue-climbs-9-testament-chinas-ai-boom

Daily Debrief: What Happened Today (Aug 20)
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/singapore/daily-debrief-what-happened-today-aug-202

Evening Update: Today’s headlines from The Straits Times on Aug 20, 2026

https://str.sg/k8vi

Bitcoin roars past US$70,000 as yields sink, Trump sparks optimism
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/banking-finance/bitcoin-roars-past-us70000-yields-sink-trump-sparks-optimism

#SgMarketUpdate
Singapore stocks fall on Thursday; STI down 0.4%

Singapore stocks ended lower on Thursday (Aug 20).

The benchmark Straits Times Index (STI) lost 0.4 per cent or 22.33 points to finish at 5,671.91.

CapitaLand Investment : 9CI 0% led the gainers on Singapore’s blue-chip index, rising 1.5 per cent or S$0.04 to S$2.67.

The worst performer among STI constituents was Sats : S58 0%, which fell 13.6 per cent or S$0.65 to S$4.12.

The trio of local banks all ended lower. DBS : D05 0% lost 0.2 per cent or S$0.16 to S$75.84, OCBC : O39 0% fell 0.5 per cent or S$0.16 to S$30.78, and UOB : U11 0% was down 0.8 per cent or S$0.34 at S$40.22.

Across the broader market, gainers trailed losers 271 to 284, after 1.4 billion securities worth S$2 billion changed hands.

CapAllianz : 594 0% was the most actively traded stock, with 254.1 million shares changing hands.

DBS was the most actively traded stock in terms of value, with a volume of 3.3 million shares worth S$253.3 million.

Key regional indices were in the green. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 0.8 per cent, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI advanced 0.3 per cent, Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 1.4 per cent and South Korea’s Kospi surged 5.9 per cent..

https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/companies-markets/singapore-stocks-fall-thursday-sti-down-0-4

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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walmart, Coinbase, Moderna, Alibaba & more

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/20/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-premarket-.html?__source=androidappshare

After Moderna stock surge of 177% on cancer drug breakthrough, here's what Wall Street thinks happens next
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Why Airbnb stock isn't far from a record high
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Walmart raises guidance, but the stock drops on slower sales growth
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Bugatti CEO says he can't build cars fast enough for its growing collector base
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The Treasury Department just pushed down long-term US bond yields. That could make Kevin Warsh's job harder.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/article/the-treasury-department-just-pushed-down-long-term-us-bond-yields-that-could-make-kevin-warshs-job-harder-174238269.html

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Scott Bessent just cried uncle on the bond market:
#Chart of the Day

https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/article/scott-bessent-just-cried-uncle-on-the-bond-market-chart-of-the-day-100000219.html

#USMarketUpdate
Dow tumbles 700 points, S&P 500 falls as Treasury plan to subdue yields fails

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U.S. stocks fell as Treasury yields continued their march higher despite the Treasury Department’s extraordinary debt buyback operation, raising concerns that higher borrowing costs will throw a wrench into the bull market.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 703.84 points, or 1.32%, weighed down by a 9% drop in Walmart shares. The 30-stock index closed at 52,759.21. The S&P 500 lost 0.87% and closed at 7,641.16, while the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1% to 26,067.17.

Bond yields advanced on Thursday, with the yield on the 10-year Treasury note climbing back above the level it was at just before the Treasury Department said Wednesday morning that it will at least double repurchases of 10-, 20- and 30-year debt in the next few months. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told CNBC Thursday that the debt buyback operation could actually be larger than the $4 billion that was announced.

The 10-year yield gained more than 5 basis points to 4.704%.
The 30-year Treasury bond yield added more than 5 basis points at 5.248%. The 30-year yield spiked to its highest level in nearly 20 years earlier this week.


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#Soloway

The Treasury stepped in yesterday to force the long end down. Today yields are climbing right back up. Gareth Soloway explains why doubling the buyback from $2B to $4B was a BB gun, not a bazooka — while the dollar breaks support and Bitcoin runs to $72,000.

📐 TODAY'S GAME PLAN

🔴 YIELDS VS THE TREASURY — Futures dropped every time the 10- and 30-Year climbed and bounced when yields paused. Side by side, the futures pattern is a perfect inverse of the yield pattern. The 30-Year reversed nearly all of yesterday's move.
🔴 DXY — The dollar was in a bear flag above the trend line and the breakdown has arrived. Next support is near 98. A weaker dollar helps equities but imports inflation, which pushes yields back up — undoing what the Treasury is attempting.
🟢 BITCOIN — The move he called: breakout, charging the battery, then $62,000 to $72,000 in days. Resistance is just under $74,000 up to $75,300, where pivot highs, pivot lows, old consolidation, and the 0.618 fib stack. He is unloading into strength while keeping some skin in the game, and says this may be a bear-market rally, not a cycle low.
🟢 GOLD / SILVER — Gold pulls back slightly after tagging $4,500, where a pivot low cuts the old consolidation. Silver popped but stalls at the line from October 2025 through the June 2026 low, possibly basing for a break.
🔵 US OIL / NATGAS — Crude is popping and may be clearing the wedge, but Gareth cannot tell which trend line is real, so he defers to his confirmation rule: close above the line, then a stronger close above the prior high. Natgas broke out yesterday and gave it back.
🔴 WMT — Down 6–7% on earnings, a big move for Walmart. Shoppers traded down to Walmart and are struggling there too. Day trade $103.80 between two pivots; the gap fill near $100 is the better swing bounce.
🔵 BABA — Falling on earnings after Baidu's miss. The turn is not close, but the P/E gap versus US tech has his attention for longer-term accumulation — the logic that had him buying Bitcoin at peak pessimism.
🔴 AAP — Slammed 20% on earnings. The $43 level hit pre-market, so he watches the $41.30 gap fill and the double bottom at $38.65.
🔴 LLY — His favorite setup: an ascending trend line through major pivot highs, rejected at every touch and more overbought each time, with RSI divergence appearing. He shorted at $1,292 in Smart Money: Stocks and ETFs, targeting about $1,150.

🔑 KEY TAKEAWAY: The market just told the Treasury no. Yields gave back nearly the whole intervention in a session, so the next move has to be bigger — and bigger means more printing, a weaker dollar, stickier inflation. That loop is why gold and Bitcoin rally.

⏱ TIMESTAMPS (estimated)
00:00 Yields Went Right Back Up
02:00 BB Gun vs Bazooka
04:00 Futures vs Yields: The Perfect Inverse
06:30 The Dollar Bear Flag and 98
09:00 Oil's Wedge and the Confirmation Rule
12:00 Gold at $4,500, Silver at the Line
15:00 Bitcoin: Where He Sells
19:00 Walmart Gets Trounced
22:00 Alibaba and China
25:00 Advance Auto Parts
26:30 Eli Lilly: The Short He Loves

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Gold, Silver and Miners Surging
0:31 Why Gareth Sold 80% of His Crypto
1:02 Rumble Wallet
1:50 Gold's 12% Wedge Breakout and the Pause Day
2:07 Government Manipulating the Yield Curve
2:54 Gold Resistance at $4,500 to $4,550
3:37 Gold Targets: $3,900, $3,500 and $13,000
5:10 First Gold Support at $4,175
5:40 The Trade: Shorting the Gold Miners
6:22 Join Gareth's Top Squad
6:45 GDX Four-Factor Confluence
8:03 Newmont and Agnico Eagle Setups
8:25 Long-Term Bull, Short-Term Swing
9:19 Silver at Resistance
9:56 Copper and Wrap
10:15 Why the Miners Ran Too Far

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Trump administration moves ahead with new crypto rules, with key bill stalled in Congress
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/article/trump-administration-moves-ahead-with-new-crypto-rules-with-key-bill-stalled-in-congress-165233256.html

Meta faces risks whether it wins or loses major social media trial
https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/meta-faces-risks-whether-it-wins-or-loses-major-social-media-trial-163725852.html

How the US government pushed the national debt to $40 trillion in less than a generation
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/article/how-the-us-government-pushed-the-national-debt-to-40-trillion-in-less-than-a-generation-163523525.html