Hong Kong Science Park Company and AI developer SenseTime signed a memorandum of understanding on the 16th to cooperate on AI compute infrastructure and industry ecosystem development in Hong Kong, targeting a large-scale intelligent computing centre with capacity of 40,000 P+ (PetaFLOPs; 1P = 10^15 FLOPS) by 2030.

Citigroup strategists said the Bank of Japan raised its policy rate by 25 bps to 1.00% and will stop tapering long-term JGB purchases from April 2027. They said the move maintains an accommodative stance while dampening FX swings and long-term yield volatility. Citigroup forecasts Japanese corporate profits to grow about 10% p.a., supported by strong price pass-through that should boost margins and by continued government and Bank of Japan policy support.

德商银行：维持今年年底布伦特原油价格每桶85美元的预测。