Global TradFi & Macroeconomics

Eurozone retail sales grew 0.8% year-over-year in August, falling short of the 1.1% forecast and above the 0.6% recorded in the prior month.

Eurozone retail sales grew 0.1% month-on-month in August, falling short of the expected 0.2% increase, according to official statistics. The reading represents a recovery from July's decline of 0.60%, though momentum remains

According to Gate data, the Europe Stoxx 50 (EUSTX50) broke through 6,300 points today, now trading at 6,303.60, up 1.2% in the past 24 hours.

Bank of England monetary policy committee member Mann expressed concern that 2027 wage negotiations in the U.K. will take place when inflation exceeds 4%.

A Vietnamese Finance Ministry official stated that the government will maintain its inflation target of 4.5% for 2026, despite rising fuel prices.

Strategy bought 334 BTC for about $28.7 million and repurchased $176 million of STRC in its latest disclosure, even as analyst Peter Schiff warned that the Bitcoin price could reverse if technology stocks pull back. The competing signals leave a question of whether Strategy's current funding mix

Gate News reports that 245 U.S. stocks, including Meta (META) and NVIDIA (NVDA), have announced cash dividend payments for this period. This includes U.S. stocks with corporate dividend payment dates from September 28 to October 2, 2026, across sectors including technology and semiconductors, financial services, energy, consumer goods, healthcare, industrial manufacturing, real estate and REITs, utilities, materials manufacturing, media and entertainment, telecommunications, and strategy ETFs. G

API trading in South Korea's dollar-won spot foreign exchange market exceeded 10% of total volume for the first time last year, according to data submitted by the Bank of Korea to Democratic Party lawmaker Kim Nam-joon's office. Daily average API trading reached approximately $1.5 billion last year,

Saudi Arabia set its November crude oil Official Selling Price (OSP) for Asia exports at -$5 per barrel, a $3 reduction from the prior month and the lowest level since June 2020. The move aims to reclaim market share lost during the Hormuz Strait disruption, when Asian refiners shifted to US and

US 10-year Treasury yields climbed to 5.347% intraday on local time, marking the highest level since 2002, while the Nasdaq Composite simultaneously reached a record close of 27,477.31. The unusual coupling stems from AI investment expansion and corporate profit growth expectations offsetting

According to data submitted by the Bank of Korea to the National Assembly on October 6, API-based automated trading in the Seoul foreign exchange market's USD-KRW spot market surpassed 10% of total trading volume for the first time last year, reaching a daily average of approximately $1.5 billion.

According to Jin10, on October 6, global asset managers including Bank of America upgraded allocations to Chinese equities from underweight to neutral, ending a four-year underweight period. The shift comes as the 10-year U.S. Treasury yield hit 5.34%, a 24-year high, yet major institutions remain o

According to Yonhapinfomax, on October 6, South Korea's FX swap points fell across short-term maturities as the dollar-won exchange rate declined and U.S. Treasury yields rose. The 1-year maturity fell 0.30 won to -13.30 won, the 6-month maturity declined 0.10 won to -5.90 won, and the 3-month matur

According to Citadel and JP Morgan reports from late September and early October, U.S. stock markets posted gains despite the 10-year Treasury yield surging to 5.31%, marking a 24-year high. The jobless rate held at 4.2%, supporting strong consumer spending expectations and reducing the need for

According to recent reports, Saudi Arabia set its official selling price (OSP) for November Asian crude oil exports at -5 per barrel on October 6, marking a 3 dollar drop from the previous month and the steepest discount since June 2020. The negative pricing reflects Saudi's strategy to reclaim mark

Korea Investment & Securities announced a revamp of its pension mobile trading system at a briefing held on the 6th at TP Tower in Yeouido, Seoul. The move responds to a shift in pension management from corporations to individuals, with individually-managed pension assets reaching 79.6% of the

Korean investors aged 70 and above increased their margin debt by nearly 900 billion won in the first half of this year. Data obtained by Rep. Kim Hyun-jung of the Democratic Party shows the 60-and-above age group expanded credit financing by approximately 3 trillion won from year-end last year to

South Korea's Financial Services Commission will announce detailed plans next month to expand the minimum trading unit for single-stock leveraged products to 20 shares, according to financial authorities on the 6th. The measure, first announced in July as part of efforts to curb overheating in the s

KOSDAQ returned to the 900-point level on October 6 for the first time since July 1, closing at 919.92, up 26.63 points or 2.98%. The index rose 11 out of 13 trading days since September 15, gaining 14.02% during that period. Institutional investors net purchased 6,611 billion won in the first two d

US asset manager xETFs listed the 'xETFs AI Bottleneck ETF' (NECK) on the New York Stock Exchange on the 23rd of last month, targeting approximately 20 companies in AI supply chain bottleneck sectors including memory, optical communications, power infrastructure, and semiconductors. As of the 2nd of