Semafor reports Waymo plans to increase its fleet fivefold.

KOSPI fell 214.93 points (-3.73%) to 5,553.08 on Oct 20 (Tuesday). Samsung Electronics declined 2.98% and SK Hynix dropped 4.22%.

Huayuan Securities macro chief analyst Sun Suyu says Beijing’s “stability-first” push to maintain capital-market safety signals a bid to shore up expectations after heightened A-share volatility and capital reallocation since H2. Measures to expand long-term funding sources, channels and market entry, plus encouragement of buybacks and approval of an initial 18 active ETF registrations, will introduce incremental flows and bolster market resilience. Planned steps to ease cross-border financing — including QFII investment facilitation, simplified China-foreign institutional cooperation and support for foreign firms’ China operations — should widen liquidity and the investor base. Regulatory deployments on IPOs, M&A and refinancing, and a CSRC-led acceleration of listing-company supervision to strengthen governance, disclosure and investor protection, aim to cultivate higher-quality listed firms and enhance A-shares’ long-term investment value.