- On August 26, U.S. stock indices showed divergence at the opening, with Meta experiencing a high opening and subsequent pullback after reaching a 16.68 billion dollar settlement regarding youth data lawsuits.
- Market attention primarily focused on Nvidia's upcoming financial report, with Wall Street expecting Q 2 revenue of 92.3 billion dollars and earnings per share of 2.09 dollars.
- Alibaba rose over 1% following the completion of an 80 billion Hong Kong dollar new share placement for AI and cloud infrastructure, while the U.S. 7 month core PCE inflation rate remained at 3.3%.