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  • Markets saw limited headline-driven moves in the past hour, leaving major indices near unchanged levels.
  • US Treasury yields traded in a tight range, producing little directional pressure on fixed-income markets.
  • Dollar remained largely rangebound against major currencies, muting forex volatility.
  • Oil prices showed minimal movement, keeping energy-sector risk appetite subdued.
  • Volatility indexes stayed low, indicating subdued short-term investor risk appetite.
  • No major geopolitical or macroeconomic announcements emerged to shift market sentiment.

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Xiaomi Shares Jump on Solid Q2 Results and Memory-Cost Reassurances

Xiaomi Shares Jump on Solid Q2 Results and Memory-Cost Reassurances

Xiaomi's stock climbed 5.6% to HK$27.64 after the company reported stronger-than-expected second-quarter results and offered guidance that high memory prices are moving toward a slower rate of increase. Revenue rose to RMB 108.9 billion and adjusted net profit advanced to RMB 6.2 billion sequentially. The smartphone business delivered record averag…

Baidu Shares Slide After Q2 2026 Results Miss Expectations

Baidu Shares Slide After Q2 2026 Results Miss Expectations

Baidu's stock plunged after the company reported second-quarter 2026 results that fell short of analyst expectations. Total revenue declined year-over-year, net profit tumbled, and the core Online Marketing Services business showed a steep revenue drop as competitors continued to take share. Heavier capital spending on AI compute capacity helped cl…

Global Bond Yields Near Multi-Decade Highs as Stocks Falter

Global Bond Yields Near Multi-Decade Highs as Stocks Falter

Global sovereign bond yields hovered near their highest levels in decades as investors reacted to rising government borrowing and persistent inflation concerns. The U.S. long bond earlier reached a near-20-year peak before easing in Asia, while European bunds and long French debt climbed to multi-year highs. Risk aversion pressured equity markets a…

Pacific Biosciences Executive Reduces Stake Amid Financial Headwinds

Pacific Biosciences Executive Reduces Stake Amid Financial Headwinds

Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc. (NASDAQ:PACB) President and CEO Mark Van Oene executed an automatic share sale to satisfy tax withholding obligations on August 17, 2026. The transaction occurs as the company navigates a subdued valuation environment, recently reported quarterly revenue that fell short of consensus estimates, and a downward …

KOSPI Plunges, Triggers Temporary Halt as Chip Stocks Lead Decline

KOSPI Plunges, Triggers Temporary Halt as Chip Stocks Lead Decline

South Korea's benchmark KOSPI plunged sharply on Wednesday, briefly falling more than 5% and activating a programmatic trading halt known as a sidecar. Heavyweight semiconductor names SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics were among the largest drags as a global selloff in chip stocks spread across the region. Rising U.S. Treasury yields and profit-taki…

Whitehaven Coal Shares Drop After Results Show Weaker Prices, Stable Volumes

Whitehaven Coal Shares Drop After Results Show Weaker Prices, Stable Volumes

Whitehaven Coal shares slipped after the miner posted a mixed full-year performance: robust output and strong underlying earnings contrasted with a 7% fall in revenue as coal prices softened and the Australian dollar strengthened. Management provided FY27 production guidance in line with current volumes and signalled higher capital expenditure, whi…

Samsung Electronics Shares Slide as KOSPI Suffers Broad Semiconductor Selloff

Samsung Electronics Shares Slide as KOSPI Suffers Broad Semiconductor Selloff

Samsung Electronics stock plunged 7.0% to ₩249,750 amid a sector-wide rout in semiconductors that pushed South Korea's KOSPI down over 6%. The Korea Exchange activated a sell-side sidecar and halted program trading as investors fled technology exposure following steep U.S. memory chip losses and heightened U.S.-Iran tensions that lifted crude oil a…

SK Hynix Plummets as Seoul Market Suffers One of Its Biggest Daily Drops

SK Hynix Plummets as Seoul Market Suffers One of Its Biggest Daily Drops

SK Hynix shares tumbled 8.3% to ₩1,524,000, leading losses on the KOSPI as the index recorded one of its sharpest single-session declines in recent months. A global risk-off mood driven by a spike in U.S. Treasury yields, concerns about inflation and rates, and the lapse of a 60-day U.S.-Iran peace deal weighed on technology stocks. Domestic policy…

CSL Climbs to Six-Month Peak After Results and A$1.1bn Buyback

CSL Climbs to Six-Month Peak After Results and A$1.1bn Buyback

CSL shares jumped 5% to A$165.88 on Wednesday, reaching their highest level in over six months after the global biopharmaceutical firm reported FY26 results and unveiled an A$1.1 billion on-market buyback. Management said the multi-year earnings reset has bottomed and provided guidance for roughly 5% growth in underlying net profit after tax for FY…

Oil inches higher as questions persist over Strait of Hormuz access

Oil inches higher as questions persist over Strait of Hormuz access

Oil prices nudged upward in early trade, extending a four-day advance as market participants wrestled with conflicting statements from U.S. and Iranian officials about access through the Strait of Hormuz. Traders also weighed recent moves by Iraq and major shipping firms to reroute exports, while U.S. inventory data showed declines in crude and dis…

Iluka Reports H1 Loss as Zircon Market Weakness Drags Results

Iluka Reports H1 Loss as Zircon Market Weakness Drags Results

Iluka Resources recorded a A$24 million net loss for the six months to June 30, reversing a prior-year profit, as softer zircon pricing and reduced volumes pressured revenue and margins. Revenue fell 22% to A$433 million, while underlying group EBITDA dropped 77% to A$53 million and EBITDA margin compressed to 9% from 39% a year earlier. The compan…

Cerebras Unveils CS-4: Up to 30 Times Faster than GPU-based Solutions

Cerebras Unveils CS-4: Up to 30 Times Faster than GPU-based Solutions

Cerebras Systems announced the release of its CS-4 AI accelerator, featuring unprecedented inference speeds up to 30 times faster than traditional GPU-based systems. The rack-scale CS-4, powered by three Wafer Scale Engine 3 Turbo chips, delivers 750 PFLOPS of AI compute and enhanced system design for improved speed, energy efficiency, and scalabil…