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Swiss retail sales rose 3.2% year-on-year in August, up from 2.30% in the previous month.

Switzerland's September CPI rose 0% month-on-month, in line with expectations and unchanged from the previous month's 0.40%.

Switzerland's September CPI rose 1% year-on-year, in line with expectations and down from 0.80% previously.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index closed down 167.20 points, or 1.90%, at 8622.10 on Thursday, October 1.

US chip stocks rallied across the board in overnight trading, with the SOXL 3x Long Semiconductor ETF - Direxion surging over 9%, Arm (ARM.O) up 4%, AMD (AMD.O) and Intel (INTC.O) both rising over 3%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) up 2.8%, SK Hynix (SKHY.O) up 2.7%, Broadcom (AVGO.O) up 1.6%, Nvidia (NVDA.O) up 1.5%, and Micron Technology (MU.O) up 1.4%.

Norwegian gas transportation management company Gassco: We completed maintenance before winter and the transportation system is operating well.

The yield on Japan's 40-year government bonds rose 2.5 basis points to 4.210%.

The UK Nationwide House Price Index for September was -0.2% month-on-month, compared to a forecast of 0% and a previous reading of 0.2%.

The UK Nationwide house price index rose 0.8% year-on-year in September, below the expected 1.3% and the previous reading of 1.6%.

The monthly rate of the Nationwide House Price Index in the UK for September will be released in ten minutes.

The Norwegian Road Traffic Information Council (OFV) reported that Tesla (TSLA.O) saw a 2.2% year-on-year increase in new car registrations in Norway in September.

Hungarian oil and gas company MOL announced that it has received further approval from the United States to continue negotiations on acquiring a majority stake in Serbian oil industry company NIS.

According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Iranian Economy and Finance Minister Saeed Ali Madanizadeh responded to US Treasury Secretary Bessenter by saying, "For years, they have been saying that the Iranian economy will collapse in two weeks or a month. This will definitely not happen, please rest assured. They are trying to create turmoil and anxiety among the people, prompting people to flock to the foreign exchange market, thereby pushing up the exchange rate; other than that, these statements have no effect, and we will not allow this to happen."

According to Interfax news agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian forces struck a transportation and logistics center in Kyiv.

According to Interfax news agency, the Russian Ministry of Defense stated that Russian forces hit a cargo ship in the port of Chernomorsk.

Nasdaq futures rose 1% on the day, S&P 500 futures rose 0.5%, and Dow futures rose 0.3%.

[Japanese and South Korean stock markets rise] The NI225 index surged 3.00% intraday, currently trading at 68,763.36 points. The South Korean KOSPI index rose 1.3% to 6,932.14 points.

Toyota's sales in Japan rose 2.5% year-on-year in September, while Honda's sales in Japan fell 2.2% year-on-year.

India's monthly economic report: Net foreign direct investment inflows are expected to improve this fiscal year compared to the previous fiscal year.

India's monthly economic report: Trade relations between India and the United States remain unresolved after the Graham Act was passed and signed by US President Trump.