The China Earthquake Networks Center automatically determined that an earthquake of approximately magnitude 5.6 occurred near Haixi Prefecture, Qinghai Province at 05:36 on August 19. The final result is subject to the official rapid report.

US July housing starts (SAAR) 1.239 mln, versus expected 1.350 mln; June revised to 1.415 mln from 1.427 mln.

Key News 1. Major Breakthrough: my country Achieves First Land-based Rocket Recovery. 2. State Council: The threshold for withdrawing housing provident funds to pay rent, which previously stipulated a percentage of family income, will no longer be set. Individual Stock News 1. Shanghai Stock Exchange: Trading of accounts of investors involved in abnormal transactions at Aili Home Furnishings has been suspended in accordance with regulations. 2. Unitree Technology debuts today with an issue price of 150.80 yuan per share. 3. Jiangbolong: Plans to repurchase company shares worth 400 million to 800 million yuan. 4. Yiming Foods, which has seen 11 limit-up days in 16 trading days: If the stock price continues to rise abnormally, a trading suspension may be applied for for investigation. 5. Landun Optoelectronics: Trading of its shares has experienced severe abnormal fluctuations; trading will be suspended from the 19th for investigation. 6. Fenghua Advanced Technology: Significant breakthroughs have been achieved in the development of high-capacity MLCC products; four products successfully passed customer certification in the first half of the year. 7. Betta Pharmaceuticals: A partner announced that the pivotal Phase III trial of DURAVYU for wAMD did not meet its primary endpoint. 8. Gold Mantis (4 limit-up days in 5 trading days): The company does not engage in core industries such as rocket development, satellite manufacturing, data center computing power operation, semiconductor chip design and manufacturing, and material R&D and production. 9. GigaDevice: Net profit of RMB 6.857 billion in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 1091.5%. 10. Puran Shares: Net profit of RMB 827 million in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 1929.65%. 11. China Unicom: Net profit of RMB 4.139 billion in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year decrease of 34.8%. 12. Tianfu Communication: Net profit of RMB 1.204 billion in the first half of 2026, a year-on-year increase of 33.92%. 13. CITIC Securities: Net profit increased by 69% year-on-year in the first half of the year; proposed dividend of RMB 2.9 per 10 shares. 14. Guotai Haitong: Net profit of RMB 20.3 billion in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 29%.