Declines in Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix shares reduced the market value of South Korea’s National Pension Service (NPS) by roughly 182 trillion won (about $137 billion), FnGuide data show. As of Oct. 15 the NPS’s portfolio stakes of 5% or more in 287 listed companies were valued at 333.53 trillion won, down from 515.93 trillion won at end-June. This marks the fund’s first quarter-on-quarter drop since Q4 2024 after record returns in 1H.

美国能源部长赖特：大家将开始看到能源价格持续走低。

China's National Bureau of Statistics said on Oct. 19 first‑nine‑months GDP exceeded 107 trillion yuan, up 4.6% YoY, in line with the government's full‑year growth target. Economic incremental output for the period totaled 5.7 trillion yuan, the largest first‑nine‑months increase in five years. The NBS spokesman said Q3 YoY growth rose 0.2 percentage point from Q2 and that, by some international agencies' estimates, a 4.6% YoY pace keeps China ahead of other major economies.