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The French trade minister has requested that the United States grant tariff exemptions for Cognac and Champagne.

The Hang Seng Index (HSI) closed up 158.69 points, or 0.69%, at 23,093.37 on Friday, October 23. The Hang Seng Tech Index closed up 77.73 points, or 2.05%, at 3,871.66 on Friday, October 23. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index closed up 67.06 points, or 0.87%, at 7,756.25 on Friday, October 23. The Hang Seng Red Chip Index closed up 7.5 points, or 0.2%, at 3,842.67 on Friday, October 23.

Turkish Energy Minister: Türkiye and Russia have reached an agreement on diesel supply.

US semiconductor stocks rose broadly in pre-market trading, with SK Hynix (SKHY.O) up 5.5%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) up 2.8%, and Micron Technology (MU.O) up 2.62%.

The Eurozone's composite PMI output index preliminary reading for October was 51.9, a four-month low; the services PMI business activity index preliminary reading was 51.7, a two-month low; the manufacturing output index preliminary reading was 52.4, a four-month low; and the manufacturing PMI preliminary reading was 52.4, a three-month low.

Shares of U.S. telecom operators fell in pre-market trading after reports that SpaceX was seeking access to 80,000 U.S. cell sites to build a wireless network. AT&T fell 2.1%, Verizon fell 2.5%, and T-Mobile fell 3.5%.