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Net inflow of funds from the south reached HKD 35 billion.

The VIX volatility index rose by 5.53 points to 35.02, hitting a new high since April 2025.

Multiple places announced a reduction in parking fees: lowering the starting price, extending the free parking period, making short-term parking more cost-effective.

Since 2026, many places have successively announced a reduction in public parking lot and road parking fees. One change is the reduction in the fee standards: for the first type of government-invested public parking lot, the starting price for the first hour has been reduced from 5 yuan for the first 2 hours to 3 yuan for the first hour; for the core second class and peripheral area of the fifth type of road temporary parking spaces, the starting price for the first hour has been reduced by 1 yuan. In terms of renewal duration, the billing duration has been shortened, from 1 hour to 30 minutes and from 30 minutes to 15 minutes, making the billing method more precise and reasonable. Another change is the expansion of the free range: first, extending the free duration. The one-year trial promotion has been solidified as a policy outcome, specifying that all public interest institutions in the third category can park for free for up to 2 hours in supporting parking lots. Second, expanding the free range. Roadside parking is free at night; during major holidays such as the Spring Festival, May Day, and National Day, the first type of public parking lots and the fifth type of road temporary parking spaces are open for free.

Oil prices close to $120! War causes Middle East to fall into oversupply reduced production, crude oil expands gains, gold falls.

The Iran war forced further cuts in oil production, causing oil prices to soar to around $120.

National Bureau of Statistics: In February, the year-on-year decline in PPI narrowed by 0.9%, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the previous month.

In February 2026, the national industrial producer prices fell by 0.9% year-on-year, a decrease of 0.5 percentage points from the previous month; on a month-on-month basis, they increased by 0.4%, the same as the previous month.

National Bureau of Statistics: In February, the year-on-year increase in the CPI was 1.3%, and the month-on-month increase was 1.0%.

In February 2026, the national consumer price index rose by 1.3% year-on-year.

National Bureau of Statistics: In February 2026, the national consumer price index rose by 1.3% year-on-year.

The Nikkei 225 index opened at 54,608.63 points in the morning, a decrease of 1.82%.

Crude oil breaks $100, US stock futures plummet, and VIX panic index surges! Analysts warn: the worst time for the market has not yet arrived.

The flames of war are raging, spot oil prices break through $110, and US stock index futures are falling.

Mujeetaba elected as the new supreme leader of Iran.

According to CCTV news, on the 9th local time, Hossein Khamenei, the son of Ali Khamenei, was elected as the new supreme leader of Iran.

Goldman Sachs: Middle East tension unresolved, speculators bet heavily on US stock market correction

Goldman Sachs said that hedge funds have increased their short positions on US stocks amidst the battle.

NVIDIA's new chips may adopt Samsung or Hynix's HBM4 technology.

NVIDIA plans to use Samsung and Hynix's HMB4 memory technology in its new Vera Rubin chip.

Oil tanks filled, oil tankers shut down, multiple countries forced to reduce production! The oil price skyrocketed by 20% at the opening, breaking through $110.

With key waterways almost completely closed, more major oil-producing countries cutting production, and the United States threatening to deepen the conflict that has already disrupted the energy market, the international price of oil has soared to over $110 per barrel.

"Energy nuclear bomb" completely detonated! Goldman Sachs: may soar to $150 this month, impact far beyond Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Brent crude oil surged 20% to $111.04 per barrel at the opening, while West Texas Intermediate crude oil rose 22%. Due to the continued closure of the Strait of Hormuz, storage quickly filled up, leading the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait to start reducing production, and Iraq began halting production last week.

The port was illegally taken over by the Panamanian government, and Cheung Kong Holdings is claiming $2 billion in compensation.

Hong Kong-based Hutchison Whampoa Limited's Panama Ports Company issued a statement on the 6th, stating that they have taken further actions to hold the Panamanian government accountable for their illegal takeover of the two container terminals in Balboa and Cristobal ports on February 23 this year. The Panama Ports Company has initiated international arbitration against the Panamanian government under the International Chamber of Commerce arbitration rules, seeking compensation of at least $2 billion.

Apple may launch three new Ultra products.

Technology journalist Mark Gurman said that Apple plans to launch at least three new Ultra-level devices this year. Despite Apple's current entry-level product line - Apple Watch SE, 11th generation iPad, and MacBook Neo - being well-established, the company is undergoing a more significant transformation towards higher-end Ultra devices. Apple plans to launch at least three such products this year: iPhone Ultra: priced at approximately $2000, equipped with a large internal screen and under-screen sensors, this first foldable screen iPhone will "eclipse other models in the product line." AirPods Ultra: priced higher than the existing AirPods Pro, positioned at the top of the product line. The new AirPods will feature a computer vision camera, providing visual intelligent data for Siri. MacBook Ultra: featuring a touch-supported OLED screen, the overall price will be increased by up to 20%. This new device will be positioned higher than the current M5 Pro and M5 Max versions of the MacBook Pro, rather than replacing them.

Fully embrace the OpenClaw ecosystem - Wondershare Technology Group (300624.SZ) officially launches part of Skills on ClawHub.

Intelligence Finance APP learned that on March 8th, AIGC software A-share listed company Wanxing Technology (300624.SZ) increased its investment in AI Agent and became the first to fully embrace the globally popular OpenClaw ecosystem. It announced that nearly ten atomic abilities of its Wanxing Tianmu creation engine targeting developers and enterprise users have officially launched on the overseas OpenClaw market platform ClawHub. Users can log in to access relevant atomic abilities with a single click, unlocking the entire chain of audio and video creation from creativity to finished product, and can use this to create their own exclusive AI Agent.

JP Morgan: Short-term driver for Hong Kong banking stocks is uncertainty in Middle East geopolitics.

The overall industry trend shows that despite the continuous decline of Hong Kong interbank interest rates and the still loose liquidity environment, loan growth continues to recover steadily against a backdrop of generally stable asset quality.

Soochow: Beware of the chain reaction brought by the "prolonged conflict". It is suggested to divide the technology + energy holdings into three response paths.

Analogous to 2022, oil prices will become the core price contradiction in the subsequent market.

Wang Yi: Continuing to optimize personnel exchanges policies and further release visa exemption dividends.

Wang Yi said that we will continue to optimize personnel exchange policies, further release visa-free benefits, improve various supporting services, make it more comfortable and convenient for foreign friends to travel and live in China, and make it smoother and safer for Chinese citizens to "go out".

Zhongjin: The contradiction between supply and demand in overseas electricity is prominent, and Chinese manufacturers are welcoming an accelerated period of going global.

Overseas data centers are facing the dilemma of difficulty in finding electricity, with waiting times in congested areas of power grids in Europe and America reaching over 7 years.

OpenAI's annual revenue exceeds 25 billion dollars, Anthropic closing the gap.

Insiders revealed that as of last month, OpenAI's annualized revenue has surpassed $25 billion. This figure represents a 17% growth in annualized revenue compared to the company's $21.4 billion at the end of last year. OpenAI's revenue is still higher than its competitor Anthropic, but the gap between the two giants is narrowing: Anthropic's annualized revenue recently surpassed $19 billion, doubling from the end of last year, and increasing by 36% compared to two weeks ago. OpenAI calculates annualized revenue by multiplying the income of the past four weeks by 12. If OpenAI were to calculate this metric based only on the peak income of the last week, its annualized revenue would be around $30 billion. Recently, Anthropic's success in selling AI models for processing encoding tasks has helped rapidly narrow the income gap with OpenAI.

The spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce responded to questions from reporters regarding ASML's mass banning of the use of office software by Chinese employees.

A reporter asked: On March 6th, ASML China issued a customer announcement, stating that ASML Netherlands recently disabled the office accounts of ASML China employees in large quantities, resulting in some office systems being unusable and affecting some production processes. What is the Ministry of Commerce's comment on this? I have noticed the relevant reports. With the promotion of both China and the Netherlands, SMIC and ASML Netherlands are currently negotiating on internal disputes in the company. However, at this time, ASML Netherlands has disabled the office accounts of ASML China employees in bulk, creating new conflicts and making it difficult for the company to negotiate. China has always held a responsible attitude towards the global semiconductor supply chain. ASML Netherlands' actions this time seriously disrupt the normal production and operation of the company. If it triggers another crisis in the global semiconductor supply chain, the Dutch side must take full responsibility for it.

Merchants Macro: The employment structure of the US labor market is fragile, and overseas stagflation expectations are rising.

After the data was released, overseas interest rate cut expectations fell back to one interest rate cut in July this year.

Minister of Culture and Tourism: The number of domestic travelers and their spending during the entire year of 2025 and the Spring Festival holiday in 2026 both reached record highs.

Minister of Culture and Tourism Sun Yueli stated at the fourth session of the 14th National People's Congress' theme press conference on March 7th that during this year's 9-day Spring Festival holiday, domestic tourism reached 5.96 billion visits, with spending exceeding over 800 billion yuan, hitting a new historical high. By 2025, the number of domestic resident trips is expected to surpass 6.5 billion, a year-on-year increase of over 16%, with spending reaching 6.3 trillion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 9.5%, also setting a new historical record.

Xpeng (XPEV.US) G6 Super Long-Range Version Listed: 2250 TOPS Computing Power + Second Generation VLA

Xiaopeng Motors held a press conference in Guangzhou, announcing the official launch of the Xiaopeng G6 super extended-range version.

After hours, Vertiv Holdings rose more than 5%, EchoStar communication rose 4%, Lumentum rose more than 2%, and Coherent rose more than 1%. Standard & Poor's Dow Jones Indices has included the above companies in the S&P 500 Index.

US crude oil futures closed at $90.90 per barrel, rising $9.89, marking the largest single-day increase since April 2020.

The Dow fell 0.95%, the Nasdaq fell 1.59%, and the S&P 500 fell 1.33%. Among the top traded stocks, Nvidia fell 3.01%, Tesla fell 2.17%, Broadcom fell 0.69%, and Micron Technology fell 6.74%.

Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up 0.75%

Wanguo Data increased by 7.16%, Haitian Network increased by 7.10%, Tims China increased by 6.47%, Youpinche increased by 6.11%, and Jingdong increased by 6.14%.

US Stock Market Move | Star Technology Stocks Generally Decline, Meta (META.US) Falls More Than 3%

On Friday, tech stocks in the U.S. fell, with Meta (META.US) dropping more than 3%.

Shenzhen Zhaowei Machinery & Electronics (02692): Priced at 71.28 Hong Kong dollars per share, the Hong Kong public offering received 1536.76 times oversubscription.

Zhaowei Electrical (02692) announced that the company will globally issue approximately 26.7483 million H shares, with 10% of the shares being offered in Hong Kong and 90% offered internationally. The final offer price is HK$71.28 per share, with a net raise of approximately HK$1.828 billion from the global sale. Trading of the H shares, with a lot size of 100 shares, is expected to commence on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong at 9:00 a.m. on Monday, March 9, 2026.

Ecolab Inc. (02649) finally priced its shares at 11 Hong Kong dollars per share, with the public offering in Hong Kong oversubscribed by 5,297.23 times.

You'll share the match (02649) announced the distribution results, the company sold about 20.336 million H shares globally, with 10% of public sales in Hong Kong and 90% of international sales. The final offer price is HK $11.00 per share, with a net fundraising of approximately HK $176 million from global sales. Each lot is 200 shares, and it is expected that H shares will begin trading on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange at 9:00 am on Monday, March 9, 2026.

Traders increase holdings betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates at least once in 2026.

Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect adjusts Hong Kong stock targets: JD INDUSTRIALS (07618) and others are added, while BEIJING AIRPORT (00694) and others are removed.

The list of securities under the Hong Kong stock connect has been adjusted. Among them, added securities include Xindao Intelligent (00470), Dipu Technology (01384), Yaocai Securities Finance (01428), and Jd.com Industrial (07618).

ZTE Corporation (00763) released its 2025 annual performance, with a net profit attributable to shareholders of 5.618 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 33.32%.

ZTE Corporation (00763) released its performance forecast for 2025, with operating income of approximately 133.896 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.38%; the net profit attributable to ordinary shareholders of the listed company was 5.618 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 33.32%; basic earnings per share were 1.17 yuan and a final dividend of 4.11 yuan (including tax) per 10 shares is proposed.

ZTE Corporation: Net profit of 5.618 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 33.32%.

ZTE Corporation announced that its operating income in 2025 reached 133.895 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.38%. The net profit was 5.618 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 33.32%. The company's profit distribution plan for 2025: distribute 4.11 yuan in cash to every 10 shareholders.

The retail price of gasoline in the United States has reached a 19-month high! Inflation may become a "roadblock" for Trump in the midterm elections.

According to data from the American Automobile Association (AAA), the retail price of gasoline in the United States rose to $3.32 per gallon on Thursday, the highest level since September 2024.

Southbound capital today net sold 21.88 billion yuan. In the Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shanghai) channel, Xiaomi Group-W and Alibaba-W received net sales of 1.041 billion Hong Kong dollars and 1.94 billion Hong Kong dollars respectively. Tencent Holdings topped the net buying with an amount of 10.18 billion Hong Kong dollars; In the Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen) channel, SMIC and BYD received net sales of 5.85 billion Hong Kong dollars and 5.2 billion Hong Kong dollars respectively; Tencent Holdings topped the net buying with an amount of 12.44 billion Hong Kong dollars.

Minister of Commerce: More incremental policies such as the launch of the departure tax refund 2.0 version will be introduced.

Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao said at the economic themed press conference of the Fourth Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress on March 6 that the Ministry of Commerce will continue to build the "Buy in China" brand this year from three aspects: organizing activities, issuing policies, and creating better shopping environments. In terms of policy issuance, more incremental policies such as expanding and upgrading consumer goods consumption and the 2.0 version of outbound tax refunds will be introduced.

Lan Foan: Greater efforts in fiscal policy to boost.

On March 6th, at the press conference on economic themes of the Fourth Session of the 14th National People's Congress, Minister of Finance Lou Jiwei stated that a more proactive fiscal policy can be summed up as being reflected in the scale of funds, with sufficient policy intensity; and in strengthening policy coordination, further amplifying the effects.

Zheng Zhajie: Arrange more policies and funds to better unleash consumer potential.

On March 6th, at the economic themed press conference of the Fourth Session of the Fourteenth National People's Congress, Zheng Zhajie, Director of the National Development and Reform Commission, stated that efforts will be made to build a strong domestic market, with a focus on consumption and investment. In terms of consumption, the "two new" policy will be implemented, a special action plan to boost consumption will be launched, more policies and funds will be arranged, and the consumption potential will be better unleashed.

Due to almost a complete halt in shipping in the Hormuz Strait, crude oil prices have regained their previous decline.

Middle East conflict affects energy supply: Benchmark revises valuation logic, upgrades Antero (AR.US) rating to "buy"

Investment bank Benchmark has upgraded Antero Resources (AR.US) from "Hold" to "Buy" with a target price of $44.

Caustic soda futures main contract rose 7% intra-day, currently trading at 2348.00 yuan.

Spot gold rose 1% intraday, now trading at $5133.01 per ounce.

The shipping index European futures continuous main contract fell 11% intraday to 1760.00 points.

WTI crude oil drops below $79 per barrel.

WTI crude oil fell below $79 per barrel and dropped by 2.63% within the day.

INSILICO (03696) has reached a milestone in its collaboration with TAIJING, with the external authorization of the CKD anemia new drug ISM4808, completing the enrollment of the first subject in the Phase I clinical trial and administering the drug.

Innovent Biologics (03696) announced that the company has reached the first milestone agreement with Taijin (stock code: 4157.TWO) for the chronic kidney disease (CKD) anemia innovative drug ISM4808 previously licensed to Taijin. Recently, Taijin has successfully completed the enrollment and dosing of the first subject in the Phase I clinical trial of the AI-driven PHD inhibitor. The clinical trial is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study, including single ascending dose (SAD) and multiple ascending dose (MAD) parts, aiming to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetic characteristics of ISM4808 in healthy adults.

AI ASIC and SSD demand soar! Marvell Technology, Inc. (MRVL.US) enjoys the "AI inference dividend" with operating profit surging by 72%.

Customized silicon chip design for ultra-large scale data center customers is no longer a peripheral business, but one of the core growth engines for global chip companies.

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