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The Hang Seng Index (HSI) opened down 138.08 points, or 0.58%, at 23,513.79 on Thursday, October 22. The Hang Seng Tech Index opened down 45.75 points, or 1.15%, at 3,949.02 on Thursday, October 22. The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSCEI) opened down 55.9 points, or 0.7%, at 7,887.51 on Thursday, October 22. The Hang Seng Red Chip Index (HSC) opened down 8.83 points, or 0.22%, at 3,931.03 on Thursday, October 22.

The most active alumina futures contract fell 2.00% intraday, currently trading at 2586 yuan/ton. The most active apple futures contract fell more than 2.00% intraday, currently trading at 5842.00 yuan/ton.

According to Japan's Kyodo News, Mitsubishi UFJ Bank has suspended some services, possibly to fix a PHP vulnerability.

Apple futures contract 2710 hit its daily limit, rising 16% to 6712 yuan/ton.

The yield on Japan's 30-year government bonds fell 3 basis points to 3.895%.

Market news: SpaceX and Tesla plan to complete their merger before the end of Trump's term, aiming to reach a merger agreement in the first half of 2027.

On Thursday, October 22, the NI225 index opened down 47.77 points, or 0.07%, to 64,573.47.

Japan purchased 128.3 billion yen worth of foreign stocks in the week ending October 16, compared with a revised figure of -760.7 billion yen in the previous week (originally -760.6 billion yen).

Foreign investors bought 1.4542 trillion yen in Japanese bonds in the week ending October 16, compared with a revised figure of 1.0801 trillion yen in the previous week.

Japan's purchases of foreign bonds in the week ending October 16 amounted to -161.6 billion yen, compared with a revised figure of -339.9 billion yen in the previous week (originally -339.7 billion yen).

Foreign investors net outflowed ¥66.5 billion from Japanese stocks in the week ending October 16, compared with a revised figure of ¥3,545.5 billion in the previous week (originally ¥3,521.5 billion).

Market news: Russian missiles struck Kyiv, Ukraine.

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index opened down 32.00 points, or 0.36%, at 8799.30 on Thursday, October 22.

AWS: Amazon's threat intelligence team discovered an exploit of the PHP2Shell vulnerability in MadPot, predating its public disclosure.

Nasdaq futures extended their losses to 0.5%, Tesla (TSLA.O) fell 2.3%, and Micron Technology (MU.O), SanDisk (SNDK.O), and SK Hynix (SKHY.O) all dropped by about 1%. Tesla revealed it will lower its annual capital expenditure target from over $25 billion to $20 billion.

According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, Iran's representative to the United Nations stated: "The United States is advancing programs such as the Golden Dome and has used offensive space military capabilities during its military aggression against Iran. Iran's missile program is a conventional and legitimate defensive capability. Linking Iran's peaceful use of space activities with ballistic missile development is a completely unfounded pretext, intended to justify exerting pressure on Iran, imposing sanctions, and taking hostile actions."

Tesla (TSLA.O) executive: The company is building its own map for FSD.

Tesla (TSLA.O) executive: Cybercab will be launched in Dallas next month.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CFO: The gross margin of the energy business increased from 20.4% to 33.1%, mainly due to tariff refunds and adjustments to warranty costs.

Tesla (TSLA.O) CFO: Tesla's biggest demand driver is its autonomous driving capability.