China A-share PCB sector rallied; Kent Co. hit the 20% daily limit and Wote Co. hit limit-up. Sihui Fushi, Aohong Electronics, Jialichuang, Hongtian Co. and Zhongtian Technology also gained.

Musk said Optimus humanoid robots and Cybercab autonomous taxis will constitute the bulk of Tesla's (TSLA.O) value. He added that, by economic scale, only superintelligence, robotics, solar power and large-scale space transport can expand to the scale of a Kardashev Type II civilization or beyond.

China's National Bureau of Statistics said Jan–Sep fixed-asset investment (excluding rural households) was CNY33.41 trillion, down 7.2% year-on-year. Investment in intellectual property products rose 9.3% YoY. By sector, primary-industry investment was CNY652.7 billion (-3.9%); secondary CNY12.97 trillion (-2.7%); tertiary CNY19.78 trillion (-10.0%). Industrial investment fell 2.8% YoY; mining rose 3.2%, manufacturing fell 2.1% and utilities (power, heat, gas and water) fell 6.8%. Infrastructure investment declined 4.2% YoY; within infrastructure, information transmission investment rose 30.8%, air transport 13.8% and water transport 13.5%.