ECB executive board member Kocher said a December rate hike is possible if conditions do not change.

Iran deputy foreign minister Garibabadi said Tehran will not wait for Tuesday’s US midterm election results and will not shape its foreign policy around those elections.

Gekewei said upstream wafer capacity is tightening and suppliers have raised prices; the company increased prices on some products in Q3 and expects the impact to be clearer in Q4 and Q1. Its in-house wafer fab will secure core product supply and help sustain gross margins. The firm is confident of gaining brand share in 50MP sensors; its 200MP single-chip product has completed small‑batch mass production. The first stacked product has won customer approval and could begin contributing revenue from Q4 into next year. Gekewei remains neutral‑to‑cautious on the overall handset market next year but is confident in expanding in handset camera segments—50MP and 200MP main sensors and telephoto/ultra‑wide secondary modules—and has reached preliminary full‑year shipment intents with some customers in Q3–Q4.