Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

According to Financial News, SK Geocentric launched a roadshow on August 31 for a corporate bond issuance planned for September 15–22, raising 800 billion Korean won with potential expansion to 1,600 billion. The move comes as the chemical company faces downgrade pressure despite returning to

South Korea's KOSPI index closed at 6,820.02 on August 31, gaining 0.46% after recovering from an intraday plunge exceeding 3%. The index opened down 2.58% at 6,613.58 and fell as low as 6,547.76 before rebounding in afternoon trading. Corporate entities purchased 1.577 trillion won in stocks,

KOSPI closed at 6820.02 on August 31, gaining 0.46% and finishing August with a 3.4% monthly increase after July's 38.6% decline from peak. The index remained within a 6000-7000 trading range throughout the month despite positive second-quarter corporate earnings and shareholder return

Medical AI company Vuno announced a paid-in capital increase of 6.3 million common shares after market close on the 28th, representing 44.99% of its existing issued shares. The company plans to raise 31.374 billion won at an expected issue price of 4,980 won per share through a shareholder

NextTrade, South Korea's alternative stock exchange, will implement a static volatility interruption (VI) mechanism on September 14 to prevent price distortions caused by minimal-volume trades in its pre-market session. The new system triggers a 2-minute call auction when stock prices

Tesla, Inc. shares climbed 0.3% overnight heading into Monday after Cathie Wood and Chamath Palihapitiya praised Elon Musk's Cybercab deployment and energy production plans, while Future Fund's Gary Black questioned the aggressive assumptions behind bullish Robotaxi valuations. The weekend

South Korean financial authorities extended the trading volume limit exemption for alternative trading system (ATS) NextTrade by one additional year, according to a response sent on May 28. The extension allows NextTrade to continue operating beyond the 30% per-stock trading volume cap mandated by t

Spot silver surged 1.00% intraday to $66.99 per ounce on August 31.

According to StockTwits, Tesla shares climbed 0.3% overnight as unsupervised Cybercabs began operating in Austin without occupants, steering wheels or pedals on August 31. TSLA is up 12% for the month. Elon Musk announced that Tesla and SpaceX are each building 100 GW of annual solar production

According to the Financial Supervisory Service disclosure, Veuno announced on August 31 a 314 billion won equity raise through the issuance of 6.3 million shares at 4,980 won per share, representing 45% of its existing issued shares. The stock price fell 24% on its first trading day following the an

According to Korean financial regulators, on August 31, the Financial Services Commission extended an alternative trading system (ATS) NextTrade's trading volume cap exemption for another year, effectively postponing regulatory enforcement until 2027. The extension was announced as the Korea

On August 31 (Monday), gold and silver futures on the Shanghai Gold Exchange closed lower. Gold T+D (spot deferred) fell 2.99% to 961.0 yuan per gram, while silver T+D declined 3.16% to 16,310.0 yuan per

According to Jin10 Futures, aluminum prices rallied on August 31 amid improved market sentiment. The U.S. Treasury's expansion of long-bond buybacks lowered long-term rates, while strong earnings from Nvidia drove demand in computing and power sectors. Downstream demand cooled slightly, yet aluminum

According to Jin10, on August 31, China's Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun rejected U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent's claim that the world cannot allow China to maintain a $1.2 trillion trade surplus. Guo stated that China does not deliberately pursue trade surpluses and opposes all forms of un

According to Oxford Economics' Shigeto Nagai, a former Bank of Japan official, the BoJ is expected to raise rates in September and December 2026, with an additional increase in April 2027, bringing the policy rate to 1.75%. This forecast represents a faster pace than his previous prediction of rate

According to Guru Club, Indonesia's benchmark Jakarta Composite Index dropped 4.2% to 5,688.574 points on June 4, marking its lowest level since December 2020.

According to BlockBeats, the S&P 500 Momentum Index has declined over 9% since July 1, while the broader S&P 500 index gained approximately 2.8% in the same period, putting momentum trading on track for its worst quarterly performance in 25 years. In Q2 2026, the momentum index surged 44%,

According to DailyAn, NextTrade exchange will implement static volatility interruption (VI) mechanism and convert both static and dynamic VI triggers to single-price trading starting September 14. The static VI will activate when stock prices move ±10% or more from the last single-price

According to Bank of America Global Research, global DRAM sales could grow over 80% in 2027 if average selling prices continue rising approximately 10% per quarter, significantly outpacing Nvidia's forecasted 70% revenue growth. As of August 27, spot prices have surged dramatically

According to Jin10, as of August 31 at 15:11, China's futures market experienced significant capital flows. On the inflow side, CSI 1000 (September contract) led with 2.381 billion yuan, followed by CSI 500 with 2.247 billion yuan and coking coal (January 2027 contract) with 1.830 billion yuan. On t