英國9月政府收支短差 169.39億英鎊，前值由100.05億英鎊修正爲98.7億英鎊。

On Oct 20 a large number of users reported payment failures on Taobao. At order confirmation many saw the message "Platform discount amount has changed; please return and reconfirm discount information"; some users could not complete payment and coupon statuses were abnormal. Taobao customer service attributed the issue to heavy traffic during a major promotion, advised users to try again later and apologized for the inconvenience.

China A-share cultural and media sector surged. Zhaoxun Media hit a 20% daily limit-up; Evergrande High‑Tech, Publishing Media and Guangdong Media also capped gains. Baina Qiancheng, Dook Culture and Xinhua Media rallied.