Two-day G20 foreign ministers' meeting ended Oct. 31 in Atlanta. Talks, overshadowed by the Ukraine crisis and US-Iran conflict, produced no consensus on key global geopolitical and economic-security issues.

Insurance funds appeared among the top-10 tradable shareholders of more than 630 stocks ahead of Q3 filings and newly built heavy positions in roughly 150 names. New Q3 insurance buys include CATL, Zhongji Xuchuang, Huadian New Energy and North Huachuang. China Life products newly acquired about 26.4 mln CATL shares; quarter‑end market value CNY 7.686 bln, the largest insurance new holding by value. China Life products also added ~7.6 mln shares of Zhongji Xuchuang; quarter‑end market value CNY 6.143 bln. China Life and Ping An products newly accumulated over 1.1 bln shares of Huadian New Energy; quarter‑end market value exceeded CNY 4.3 bln. North Huachuang, Shengyi Technology and Xinyisheng each had quarter‑end holdings valued above CNY 1.0 bln.

消息人士：印度商業部將於週一就蘇格蘭威士忌散裝進口調查與酒類企業舉行會談，印度酒類行業遊說團體在信中警告稱，若無法爭取蘇格蘭威士忌散裝進口75%的較低關稅，可能會損害國內製造業。