Nov 2 CHINA spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular briefing that China has noted reports of N. KOREA conducting a tactical ballistic missile test assessing submunition warhead lethality and Pyongyang’s recent statements responding to US–South Korea–Japan military moves. She said China hopes parties confront the peninsula’s root causes, pursue a political resolution and take steps to ease tensions and preserve regional peace and stability.

BofA Securities raised its H‑share target for Agricultural Bank of China (01288.HK) to HK$7.44 and maintained a buy rating, citing strong earnings momentum and a relatively attractive dividend yield. It raised 2026–28 earnings forecasts by about 1%. Q3 NIM eased 3bps q/q to 1.28%; net interest income fell 0.5% q/q. Loans rose 7.9% YoY. 9M net fee income fell 10.4% YoY, while other investment income jumped 61% YoY—partly from equity revaluation gains—and accounted for roughly 44% of the YoY revenue increase. 9M revenue rose 12.5% YoY; cost-to-income fell 1.7ppt YoY to 29.5%. NPL ratio edged down 2bps q/q to 1.23%; coverage remained high at 289%. CET1 rose 10bps q/q to 10.9%; 9M ROE improved 0.3ppt YoY to 10.7%.

Tencent's Hunyuan released Hyra 2.0, completing development and upgrades for a set of tools. Related outputs will be published continuously on GitHub for community validation and reuse.