The main iron ore contract rose by 4.00% during the day and is now quoted at 878.00 yuan/ton; the main coking coal contract rose by more than 5% and is now quoted at 1,790 yuan/ton.

LG Energy: Plans to launch new products based on manganese-rich and low-temperature molten salt batteries by 2027.

The Israeli military said it carried out a drone strike in the West Bank town of Jenin during clashes with Palestinian militants.

According to Punchbowl: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have begun the first round of voting on the nominee for House Speaker.

Overnight index swaps show that after the release of CPI data, the probability of the Reserve Bank of Australia raising interest rates in November jumped to more than 70%.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD rose 20 points in the short term and is now at 0.6387.

[CICC: The central government’s increased leverage demonstrates the determination of the central government to stabilize growth] A CICC research report believes that the central government’s increased leverage demonstrates the central government’s determination to stabilize growth. In fact, CICC Macro believes that fiscal increase is an important means to improve the sustainability of economic growth. Considering that bond issuance and placement take time, we have slightly raised our GDP growth forecast for the fourth quarter and full year of 2023 to 5.6% and 5.3% respectively. , the annual infrastructure investment growth rate may be above 8%, and it is expected that the policy effects will be more reflected in 2024. The increased fiscal policy in the fourth quarter is expected to stabilize economic growth and expectations of economic entities in the fourth quarter and even next year, and further stabilization of the economy is expected. Looking ahead to next year, we expect the central government’s share of new deficits to continue to increase, and there is still room for the central government to increase leverage.

US President Biden will meet with Australian Prime Minister Albanese, and both parties will hold a press conference later.

Bitcoin fell by US$200 in the short term, reaching as low as US$33808.00 per coin.

Depository and Clearing Corporation (DTCC): In order to introduce new ETFs to the market, it is standard practice to add securities to the NSCC Securities Qualification File.

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority provided HK$226 million in liquidity to banks through the discount window on Tuesday.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): Expects to incur $900 million in Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O) costs in each quarter of the second half of fiscal 2024, including integration and acquisitions.

Microsoft (MSFT.O): More personal computer sales are expected to reach US$1.65 billion to US$1.69 billion in the second fiscal quarter; game sales growth in the second fiscal quarter will be around 40%; Azure business growth in the second half of the fiscal year is expected to be "Roughly stable".

[Google drags down Nasdaq futures after hours] Microsoft (MSFT.O) U.S. stocks rose 4% after hours, Google A (GOOGL.O) fell 6.5% after hours, and Nasdaq futures opened down 0.4%.

According to PUNCHBOWL: Chuck Fleischmann is running for the US Republican House of Representatives candidate.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) CEO: More than 18,000 organizations use Azure OpenAI.

Market news: Mark Green is running for the US Republican House of Representatives candidate.