Hong Kong-listed lithium battery stocks strengthened: TTANQT LITHIUM (09696.HK) rose more than 10%, Ganfeng Lithium (01772.HK) gained over 7%, Longpan Technology (02465.HK) climbed over 5%, and CATL (03750.HK) rose over 3%.

美國至8月20日4周國債競拍-得標利率配置百分比 14.61%，前值79.23%。

Aug 21 — Huafu Securities appointed Guan Tao as chief economist. Guan has focused on macroeconomics, international finance, monetary and exchange-rate policy, and cross-border capital flows. He previously served at the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) as director-general of the Balance of Payments Department and spokesperson, and led policy design for several rounds of FX-management reform; after moving to capital markets he was global chief economist at BOC Securities. Huafu said Guan will expand the firm’s research on international finance, FX and cross-border capital flows, strengthen its macro top-level framework, and link macro, strategy, industry and asset-class research.