Global investors are tracking five key financial figures this week across Chinese equity support, Gulf debt capital markets, banking earnings, and central bank rates, according to the South China Morning Post.
In mainland China, state-backed investors stepped up market support after the CSI 300 Index entered bear market territory and the Star Market 50 Index dropped more than 40 percent from its July peak. Goldman Sachs estimated that China's "national team" purchased roughly 170 billion yuan (US$25.52 billion) of index-tracking exchange-traded funds during the month, while Bank of America estimated purchases at over 110 billion yuan.
In the UAE, Bank of China Dubai rang the listing bell at Nasdaq Dubai for a two-year offshore bond issued under the Yulan structure, priced at 2 billion yuan. The transaction drew an order book more than five times oversubscribed and tightened 50 basis points from initial price guidance, with sovereign accounts securing more than 30 percent of the final allocation.
In corporate earnings and monetary policy, Standard Chartered posted a 46 percent jump in third-quarter net profit to US$1.5 billion, supported by wealth management and cross-border lending. Concurrently, the US Federal Reserve maintained its policy target rate at 3.75 to 4 percent, prompting the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to keep its base rate unchanged at 4.25 percent, while Hong Kong residential rents extended gains for an 11th consecutive month.
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- South China Morning Post · 2026-10-30
