SpaceX boosted Starlink deployment with 1,589 satellites placed into low-Earth orbit in 1H 2026 versus 1,489 in 1H 2025. In 2025 SpaceX set an annual record with 3,180 Starlink launches; total launches to date exceed 12,400 with about 11,000 currently operational. By comparison, Amazon’s LEO service has deployed roughly 400 satellites in the past 15 months against a planned constellation of 3,232.

Combined turnover of ETFs tracking the SSE Sci‑Tech Innovation Board 50 Index totaled 16.937 bln yuan today, up 5.953 bln yuan or 54.20% versus the prior session. Five constituent ETFs posted day-on-day turnover gains exceeding 100%; Huatai‑PineBridge SSE Sci‑Tech Innovation Board 50 ETF (588090) and Ping An SSE Sci‑Tech Innovation Board 50 ETF (589150) led with increases of 491.04% and 139.17% respectively. The underlying index (000688) closed up 8.41%; ETFs tracking the index averaged a gain of 8.33%. Top ETF performers included INVESCO Great Wall SSE Sci‑Tech Innovation Board 50 ETF (588950) and Wanjia SSE Sci‑Tech Innovation Board 50 ETF (588840), which rose 9.48% and 9.39%.

SMBC Nikko Securities economist Yoshimasa Maruyama said the Bank of Japan could still raise rates in October after the BOJ branch chiefs' meeting. Branch chiefs flagged resilient industrial activity despite Middle East tensions and saw scope for further pass-through to prices. Maruyama said the comments and the BOJ report signal a step toward further tightening but did not convey urgency to hike at the next policy meeting.