- Iran plans to establish a restricted zone in the Strait of Hormuz, driving up international oil prices due to supply disruption concerns.
- Li Auto plans to invest 2.65 billion yuan to acquire an 11.17 % stake in Sunwoda Electric Vehicle Battery, while Nvidia's CEO declared that AGI has arrived, supported by OpenAI's new model.
- Xiaomi launched its new products featuring the Xuanjie O3 AI SoC, and Tesla introduced limited-time cash incentives in China to boost end-of-quarter deliveries.
- Geopolitical tensions and Federal Reserve rate hike warnings drove up oil prices, causing global stock and bond markets to decline.
- Major tech companies advanced their AI strategies, including Xiaomi launching new vehicles and chips, and Alibaba updating its Qwen3.8‑Max model.
- Companies such as Tencent, Google, and Meta expanded their AI platforms and multimodal products to strengthen industry competition.
- The US Treasury announced a long-term bond buyback operation starting on September 9 to address surging long-term yields, while ByteDance launched its enterprise productivity Agent product Doubao Work.
- NVIDIA announced the full mass production of its Groq 3 LPX reasoning hardware, and Xiaomi released three self-developed Xuanjie chips.
- Alibaba completed an 80 billion Hong Kong dollars new share placement for AI computing power, and Coinbase launched tokenized stocks on the Base network.
- Unitree Technology debuted on the STAR Market as the first A-share humanoid robot stock, with an opening price of 1100 yuan per share and a total market value of 4449.11 billion yuan.
- SK Hynix announced a 40 trillion won share buyback and cancellation plan to reward shareholders, reflecting valuation confidence driven by HBM industry prosperity.
- Relevant market developments included China's private liquid rocket recovery breakthrough and major US tech companies expanding AI data center investments.
- Xiaomi Group released its second-quarter 2026 financial report, showing a total revenue of 1089 billion, representing a 6% year-on-year decrease.
- The company's traditional business, including smartphones and IoT, suffered a drag from memory shortages and subsidy rollbacks, while the automotive business recorded a core operating loss of 26 billion due to declining average selling prices and gross margins.
- Analysts indicate that traditional operations face ongoing downward pressure, and the upcoming Pengcheng series will be critical for determining whether the automotive segment can meet its annual delivery targets.
- Xiaomi Group's FY26 Q2 financial results show total revenue of RMB 108.9bn and an adjusted net profit of RMB 6.2bn, with smartphone average selling prices reaching a record high despite high storage costs.
- Management noted that while Q3 faces ongoing storage cost pressures and intense market competition, R&D investments will remain steady, and the company will continue its active open-market share repurchases.
- Strategic initiatives include the upcoming launch of the SkyNomad SUV series in September, continued global channel expansion for IoT and electric vehicles, and further development of the MiMo foundation model and HyperOS ecosystem.
- NVIDIA invested 1.5 billion dollars in SB Energy to secure an 8 GW AI computing park in Ohio, with OpenAI acting as the exclusive tenant.
- Tesla planned to open its steering-wheel-free Cybercab to the public in Austin as early as August to advance autonomous driving commercialization.
- Twenty-nine US states jointly sued Meta over addictive product designs targeting teenagers, with a theoretical maximum penalty of 1.4 trillion dollars.