U.S. equities closed lower on Wednesday, Oct. 7: Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 341.41 points (-0.66%) to 51,179.87; S&P 500 dropped 17.20 points (-0.22%) to 7,801.73; Nasdaq Composite declined 61.20 points (-0.22%) to 27,538.69.

China’s National Health Commission and CHINA STATE PLANNER issued an implementation plan to expand medical rehabilitation and nursing capacity, prioritizing R&D and application of frontier technologies in neurorehabilitation, motor rehabilitation and wound repair. They encourage industry leaders, universities, research institutes and hospitals to form industry‑university‑research‑use consortia to speed commercialization and back R&D on brain–computer interfaces (BCIs), embodied intelligence, bionic drive, smart rehab devices, implantable/interventional devices and new biomaterials. The plan calls for development of TCM‑integrated intelligent rehab nursing products and for qualifying innovative rehab devices and drugs to be entered into priority review/approval channels according to procedure. Top hospitals are urged to pilot and document BCI and related product use and to scale innovations across hospitals, community and home care settings.

Turkey's Vice President Yilmaz said Ministry of Finance funds will not be used to cover private losses and that the fund market is not covered by a state guarantee.