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All three major equity indexes closed higher on October 27, led by the Nasdaq. SK Hynix reported third-quarter revenue of 104.6 trillion won and operating profit of 83.3 trillion won, and announced a large-scale shareholder return program. Boeing shares fell about 10.7% after the company lowered delivery targets, hitting an 18-month low. Bitcoin was near $80,200. Meme and Robinhood ecosystem coins strengthened. The October 28 focus is the Federal Reserve decision and after-hours earnings from Google, Microsoft and others.

All three major indexes closed higher on October 26. Anthropic formally filed for a listing, rekindling AI speculation; the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose about 3% on the day, and Tesla reached a more-than-three-month high. Bitcoin was near $80,200, down for three consecutive weeks and testing $80,000 for a third time. Local assets plunged after the election result. The October 27 focus is the opening of the Federal Reserve meeting and earnings from Visa, PayPal and others.

At the October 23 close, major indexes were mixed, with the Dow weaker. Brent crude rose to about $116.7, a near six-month high, and energy led; gold briefly fell below $4,000 as Bitcoin pulled back toward $80,000. Cybersecurity stocks strengthened last week, with CrowdStrike up nearly 12%. Markets are watching whether Bitcoin’s correction is nearing its end, along with earnings from Verizon, Cadence, Celestica and Amkor today.

WEEX’s weekly recap covers AI spending, technology earnings, crypto assets, and oil. Tech stocks rebounded before selling off sharply: SpaceX results briefly lifted AI sentiment, while Meta, Tesla, and Lam Research drew mixed reactions. The Nasdaq then dropped, BTC retreated toward $81,000–$82,000, oil climbed, and gold and silver weakened.

At the October 22 close, the Nasdaq fell about 2.6%, its steepest daily decline since June. Investors reassessed the potential returns on heavy AI investment, while spending commitments from companies such as Meta added to credit concerns. Risk aversion pushed long-bond yields lower, while Brent and WTI reached roughly five-month highs, with WTI nearing $100 a barrel. Bitcoin hovered around $81,000–$82,000, while gold and silver also weakened. Today’s pre-market focus is AXP and SLB earnings.

The three major indexes closed higher on October 21, led by the Nasdaq. SpaceX beat earnings expectations and disclosed AI-business revenue; merger discussions with Tesla also helped lift AI and crypto-related stocks. Bitcoin traded near $84,000 and Ethereum near $2,470. LIT led majors on compliance-license expectations. On October 22, investors will watch Procter & Gamble, Southern Copper and Union Pacific before the open, followed by Western Digital and Newmont after the close.

On October 20, equity indexes were mixed. The S&P 500 closed slightly higher, while the Nasdaq was roughly flat. SpaceX reported third-quarter revenue of $14.58 billion and net income of $4.4 billion, both well above forecasts, and rose about 3% after hours. Bitcoin traded near $83,000, while ZEC led majors with a more-than-10% gain in 24 hours. Memory, optical and crypto-finance names rose from the prior evening, and CoreWeave and SMCI bounced off lows. Tesla, Meta and other companies report on October 21.

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On October 19, tech rebounded. The three major indexes were mixed, with the Nasdaq relatively stronger. Intel rose after a JPMorgan upgrade, and SpaceX closed up more than 2%. Bitcoin traded near $81,000–$82,000, a zone traders viewed as strong support and a local bottom. Worldcoin (WLD) rose more than 10% in 24 hours, leading majors. October 20 focus includes earnings from SPCX and other listed names.

Early on October 19, equity futures rebounded from last week’s chip selloff. Major indexes closed lower last week, the Nasdaq posted its worst week since June, the semiconductor ETF fell about 10%, and CoreWeave lost about 25%, while energy stocks were relatively resilient. Bitcoin traded near $82,000 after sweeping lows around $80,000, with markets watching the $79,800 and $83,600 zones.

This WEEX weekly preview focuses on the Fed blackout period, a crypto-regulation deadline, NVIDIA GTC Berlin, major tech earnings, Flash PMI, and final consumer sentiment. After last week’s tech-stock pullback, markets will trade AI expectations, earnings guidance, yield moves, and risk appetite more directly, with QQQ, SPY, BTC, ETH, NVDA, TSLA, META, IBM, LRCX, and AXP likely to see more active volatility.

WEEX Weekly Market Recap focuses on CPI, PPI, TSMC earnings, AI financing pressure, BTC’s key support, the PYTH buyback narrative, L2 and privacy-token rotation, and crypto-finance strength. Risk assets first pulled back on oil, inflation, and AI valuation pressure, then rebounded quickly after the market digested the PPI shock.

On October 15, September PPI rose 6.3% year on year, the highest in more than four years, briefly lifting hike expectations and triggering a short drop in equities and crypto. After the market digested the print, risk assets rebounded from the sell-off and the three major indexes closed higher. Bitcoin briefly broke below $80,000 and recovered to the $82,000–$83,000 range. CoreWeave fell sharply on bond pressure and then closed higher, while crypto-finance stocks and some L2 tokens strengthened. October 16 focus turns to industrial production and import-export prices.

Major indexes closed lower on October 14, with the Nasdaq leading the decline. September unadjusted CPI rose to 3.7% year on year, above forecasts, and core CPI also beat expectations. Traders sharply raised this month’s hike probability to about 43.7% and fully priced two more hikes by the end of January. Chip stocks were sold again. Bitcoin broke below $83,000 and last traded near $81,700, while spot gold and silver fell. Crypto-related stocks were under pressure, but PYTH rose against the tape. October 15 brings PPI, retail sales and key

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Major indexes closed lower on October 13 as mixed bank earnings and pressure on chip stocks weighed on sentiment, while Microsoft and Apple both rose to record closing highs. Citigroup fell more than 5% after trading revenue missed expectations. Bitcoin rallied to about $88,000 before stalling, while whale holdings shifted back toward accumulation. Ethereum L2 and privacy tokens strengthened. On October 14, markets will focus on CPI, bank earnings and ASML’s report.

Markets on October 13 continued to price oil, inflation expectations and major earnings. Brent crude climbed as high as $107.25 per barrel, with supply concerns lifting inflation expectations and pressuring high-beta technology and crypto assets. Bitcoin briefly rose to $84,348 before pulling back, while equity-market performance remained divided as semiconductors, optical networking and memory stocks weakened. Today’s focus turns to Apple’s smart-home event and earnings from JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo and

WEEX Weekly Market Hotspot Preview focuses on the PUMP unlock, the start of financial earnings, CPI, ASML earnings, PPI, retail sales, TSMC earnings, and Fed Chair Warsh’s annual-meeting fireside chat. The main themes are inflation repricing, financial-earnings validation, AI chip demand confirmation, and crypto supply pressure.

Bitcoin traded near $83,700 and is testing the $84,000–$85,000 cost-cluster zone. In crypto, L2 scaling, ZK modularity, high-performance L1s, gaming and DePIN were relatively active as capital rotated from pure meme trades toward infrastructure narratives. In equities, NVIDIA’s market value is approaching $6 trillion, supported by AI infrastructure demand, while optical modules and fiber names were relatively resilient. Bond markets are closed on October 12 ET for the holiday, while equities trade as normal; the pause in yield pricing may amplify intraday volatility.

WEEX Weekly Market Recap focuses on elevated long-end yields, AI compute-chain divergence, crude rebound, BTC weakness, and PYTH buyback expectations. The week’s main thread was high rates pressuring valuations, AI infrastructure validation, and high-beta crypto rotation.

Indexes were mixed on October 8 ET. The long-bond yield touched about 5.35% intraday, near levels last seen in 2002. OpenAI’s annualized revenue of about $50 billion came in below higher figures that had circulated, pressuring tech and chip names. Nasdaq fell clearly, while Dow edged higher. Energy led, with WTI up about 3.2% to about $91. Bitcoin pulled back from about $86,000 and traded near $81,000, down about 5%. September PPI is the focus on October 9.

Major equity indexes closed lower on October 7 ET. Long-end yields rose again, and the 30-year yield hit a roughly 24-year high. September Fed minutes showed most participants thought another increase in the federal funds target range before year-end could be appropriate. CME pricing for a 25 bp hike at the October 27–28 meeting has fallen below 20%, far below about 70% in the days after the September decision. Bitcoin traded near $83,300. The October 8 focus is jobless claims and pre-market earnings from Pepsi and Delta.

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Major equity indexes closed higher on October 6 ET. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq both set closing highs as long-end yields eased and oil stabilized, shifting capital from rate worries toward earnings. Constellation Energy led on a long-term power agreement to supply Google, while tokenized-securities platform Securitize jumped early after signing a tech partnership. Bitcoin held near $86,000, LayerZero led majors, and Anvil surged after an institutional purchase of governance tokens. Applied Digital reports after the close on October 7 ET, while markets also track policy-meeting minutes and TOKEN2049 industry headlines.

Major equity indexes closed higher on October 5 ET, and the Nasdaq set another record high. Tech drew inflows after weak labor data cooled rate-hike expectations, but the 10-year and 30-year yields rose intraday to about 5.34% and 5.70%. The services prices index rose to 74.0, a four-year high, so the rate overhang has not cleared. EWZ and PBR jumped on election and resource-discovery narratives, while SpaceX hit a stage high. Bitcoin traded near $86,000. On October 6 ET, markets will watch Amazon’s fall Prime event and early sales signals for consumer-sector pricing.

WEEX Weekly Market Hotspot Preview focuses on ISM Services PMI, Glamsterdam Sepolia activation, FOMC minutes, Applied Digital earnings, TOKEN2049, PepsiCo and Delta earnings, and preliminary Michigan consumer sentiment. The week’s core narrative centers on rate-path repricing, AI data-center demand validation, institutional crypto narratives, and consumer-resilience signals.

On October 5, equity markets are in a watch window between labor-data volatility and the formal start of Q3 earnings. Bitcoin traded near $86,000 and Ethereum near $2,720, with majors moving in a narrow weekend range. PUMP broke above $0.0064 to another stage high; AgenC (AGENC) gained trading support, while STONK strengthened on a community-coin rewards mechanism. NVIDIA touched an intraday record high last Friday, and optical modules plus AI compute remain the main flow. September ISM Services PMI is due at 10:00 ET on October 5, while consumer and AI-infrastructure earnings this week will keep testing demand resilience.