Market Overview - On October 31, the three major U.S. stock indices experienced slight gains, with the Dow Jones up 0.09%, the S&P 500 up 0.26%, and the Nasdaq up 0.61%. The Dow and S&P 500 marked their sixth consecutive monthly increase, while the Nasdaq achieved its seventh [1][3]. Technology Sector Performance - Despite strong earnings reports from major U.S. tech companies and ongoing AI investments, concerns over Federal Reserve policy divergence, high interest rates affecting real estate and consumer spending, government shutdown risks, and trade uncertainties are suppressing the upward potential of U.S. stocks. The market sentiment is becoming increasingly cautious regarding growth prospects [3]. - The major U.S. tech stocks showed mixed results, with the Wande American Tech Giants Index rising 0.69%. Notably, Tesla rose nearly 4%, while Microsoft fell over 1%, Facebook dropped nearly 3%, and Apple decreased by 0.38%. Amazon's stock opened with a significant increase of 12.2%, adding approximately $274.2 billion (about 1.95 trillion RMB) to its market value, and closed up over 9% [3][4]. Amazon's Financial Results - Amazon reported third-quarter net sales of $180.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 13%, surpassing market expectations of $177.8 billion. The net profit reached $21.2 billion, showing a nearly 40% year-on-year growth. The standout was the AWS cloud business, which saw a 20% year-on-year revenue increase to $33 billion, exceeding analyst expectations and marking the strongest growth since 2022 [3]. Nvidia's Developments - Nvidia's stock fluctuated, initially rising over 2% before closing down 0.2%, with a market capitalization of $4.9 trillion. On October 31, Nvidia announced a collaboration with the South Korean government and major industry players like Samsung, Hyundai, and SK Group to deploy over 260,000 GPUs in South Korea, aiming to build a national AI infrastructure and "AI factory" clusters to enhance the country's manufacturing and digital economy [3]. Chinese Stocks Performance - The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index rose by 0.53%, while the Wande Chinese Tech Leaders Index fell by 1.70%. Among individual stocks, Atlassian Solar surged nearly 16%, Qifu Technology rose over 13%, and Lukoil increased by over 11%. Conversely, Pony.ai dropped over 5%, TAL Education fell by more than 5%, Alibaba decreased by about 2%, and JD.com fell nearly 1% [4]. Commodity Market Insights - The FTSE A50 futures index rose by 0.19%, closing at 15,280 points. In the precious metals market, spot gold fell by 0.51% to $4,004.02 per ounce, with a cumulative increase of 3.74% in October. Gold futures on COMEX rose by 0.06% to $4,018.50 per ounce, while spot silver decreased by 0.54% to $48.6651 per ounce [5][6]. - Oil prices continued to rise, with the main U.S. oil contract closing up 0.51% at $60.88 per barrel, while Brent crude rose by 0.43% to $64.65 per barrel. As of the week ending October 28, speculative net long positions in Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange increased significantly by 119,046 contracts to 171,567 contracts, indicating a growing bullish sentiment in the market [6].
纳指月线7连涨，奇富科技涨13%领跑，中概股多数飘红