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In U.S. stock market night trading, Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose nearly 3%, Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 2%, Apple (AAPL.O) rose 1%, AMD (AMD.O) rose more than 3%, and Qualcomm rose 2.3%.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 26.70 points, or 0.30%, on Monday, October 13, to 8931.60 points.

According to the Financial Times: British ministers will pledge this week to remove long-standing obstacles to housing development and clean energy projects and adopt a "zero tolerance" approach to "naysayers", while strengthening the upcoming Planning and Infrastructure Bill with new amendments.

BusinessNZ: The service sector is struggling in a weak economic environment, with low consumer confidence, reduced discretionary spending and high living costs suppressing demand. Businesses reported falling sales, fewer new contracts and cautious customers delaying projects amid rising costs and continued uncertainty about the broader economy.

New Zealand business organization BusinessNZ: The service industry performance index (PSI) in September increased by 0.7 points compared with August, but the service industry has been shrinking for 19 consecutive months. September's result remains well below the survey's historical average of 52.9.

New Zealand's services industry performance index in September was 48.3, compared with the previous value of 47.5.