英国工业联合会：9月供应商订单量指数为-62，8月为-29，创1983年有记录以来最低水平。

Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 1.33% at the midday close on Thursday after Meta unveiled a small handheld device, Meta Charm, designed to run its new Muse AI assistant, boosting demand expectations for computing components and lifting CPU-related names. TOPIX rose 0.12%. Socionext, Meiko Electronic and Ushio each jumped more than 10%; chip tester Advantest gained 4% and SoftBank Group added 0.52%. Analysts said chip-related stocks have recently shown resilience to rising yields.

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