- Driven by a strong August Composite PMI that eased economic cooling concerns, US stocks rebounded with all three major indexes rising.
- Major corporate developments featured Broadcom discussing $70 billion to $80 billion in debt financing to support AI companies, and Apple cutting over 200 jobs to reallocate resources toward artificial intelligence.
- Nvidia also advanced advanced talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in data center power developer Cloverleaf Infrastructure to secure AI infrastructure capacity.
- The Hong Kong Hang Seng Index closed up 310 pts or 1.21% at 26,009, with a full-day turnover of HKD 257.277 billion.
- Major tech and blue-chip stocks experienced mixed performances driven by corporate earnings reports and broker ratings, with BABA-W down 2.54% and HENDERSON LAND surging 7.17%.
- Resource, metal, and gold stocks thrived significantly as spot gold stabilized above USD 4,500 per ounce, propelling gold-related equities higher.