Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said he is awaiting details of US-Russia talks and described an energy ceasefire agreement as feasible.

CITIC Securities says investor focus will shift to US Q3 earnings after US equities showed some rate-decoupling over the domestic holiday. LSEG consensus shows S&P 500 Q3 2026 revenue and EPS YoY growth of 1.2% and 45.0%, respectively, with QoQ moderation. At the industry level, energy, information technology, materials and healthcare all report YoY earnings growth above 50% — indicating high earnings growth is no longer confined to leading tech names and that non-tech contributions are rising materially. For Hong Kong stocks, higher global rates plus renewed AI trading have kept liquidity under pressure, but fundamentals appear to have bottomed and earnings-growth forecasts for major broad indices are being revised up. Earnings revisions are highly divergent by sector: some niche segments are being upgraded while domestic-demand exposed sectors still face downward revisions. Q3 results will be the key test of any recovery. CITIC recommends patient positioning in Hong Kong equities and expects short-term dividend-focused strategies to relatively outperform.

The most-active lithium carbonate futures contract breached the 110,000 mark, falling over 7% intraday — the first breach since Dec. 22 last year.