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Tonghuashun 7/24 News

South Africa cuts economic growth forecast, temporarily reduces fuel tax

2026/10/22 11:42:17

South African Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana announced on October 21 that the 2026 economic growth forecast has been lowered from the previous 1.6% to 1.2%. Ongoing conflicts in the Middle East and El Niño’s impact on production may further put pressure on economic growth. At the same time, fuel tax for gasoline and diesel will be temporarily reduced in phases from November 4, 2024 to January 5, 2027 to hedge against rising oil price pressure, followed by structural reforms to stabilize growth.

Total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China reached 24.777 million as of end of September, up 37.2% year-on-year

2026/10/22 11:37:09

The National Energy Administration released statistics on national electric vehicle charging facilities for September 2026: as of the end of the month, the total number of domestic charging infrastructure reached 24.777 million, a year-on-year increase of 37.2%. Among them, there are 5.207 million public charging facilities, up 16.3% year-on-year, and 19.57 million private charging facilities, up 44% year-on-year. The energy replenishment network continues to expand, providing supporting support for the promotion and use of new energy vehicles.

Elon Musk: Terafab self-developed chip factory project is progressing rapidly

2026/10/22 11:36:10

[Short Summary] The news comes from Tesla’s latest earnings call. CEO Elon Musk revealed that the Austin Terafab self-developed chip factory project under its umbrella is progressing rapidly. Equipment commissioning is expected to start in the first half of 2025. If the progress goes smoothly, the first test chip will be produced in May and June of that year to verify production capacity, with the final goal of achieving mass production of specific practical chips in the third quarter of 2028.

E Fund GEM ETF’s half-day trading volume exceeds 8.5 billion yuan

2026/10/22 11:32:48

As of the midday close, trading volume of multiple broad-based ETFs in A-shares has increased significantly. The combined trading volume of the four leading products exceeds 25 billion yuan. Among them, the half-day trading volume of E Fund GEM ETF (code 159915) exceeded 8.5 billion yuan, and the other three leading broad-based ETFs: Huaxia STAR Market 50 ETF (588000), Southern CSI 500 ETF (510500), and Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF (510300) recorded trading volumes of 7.6 billion, 4.7 billion, and 4.6 billion yuan respectively. The trading activity of broad-based index products has increased significantly at present.

Total ETF trading volume in the two markets is 342.205 billion yuan, 37.15 billion yuan higher than the same period yesterday

2026/10/22 11:31:42

As of now, the total trading volume of ETFs in the two markets has reached 342.205 billion yuan, 37.15 billion yuan higher than the same period yesterday. By category, bond and stock ETFs have the highest trading volumes, at 177.992 billion yuan and 99.124 billion yuan respectively. The top 3 non-monetary ETFs by trading volume are GEM ETF (159915), STAR Market 50 ETF (588000), and CSI 500 ETF (510500), with corresponding trading volumes of 8.754 billion, 7.642 billion, and 4.682 billion yuan.

Midday ETF Review: Robotics ETF leads gains at 2.15%, Hong Kong Stock Connect Technology ETF leads losses at 5.21%

2026/10/22 11:31:16

[Midday ETF Close Bulletin] A-share ETFs showed diverging gains and losses at midday close, with robotics sector ETFs leading the entire market: 159530 Robotics ETF rose 2.15% to top the list, and two ETFs tracking the same underlying (159272, 159048) both rose more than 2%. Hong Kong Stock Connect technology ETFs led the losses, with 159010 Hong Kong Stock Connect Technology ETF falling 5.21%, and another two ETFs tracking the same underlying both falling more than 5%. The intraday trends of the two sectors are significantly differentiated.

Eastmoney 7/24 News

E Fund GEM ETF trading volume exceeds 8.7 billion yuan

2026/10/22 11:38:00

As of the midday close of the day, trading volume of multiple broad-based ETFs in A-shares has increased significantly. Two leading products have the highest trading volumes: E Fund GEM ETF (code 159915) saw its trading volume exceed 8.7 billion yuan, and Huaxia STAR Market 50 ETF (code 588000) recorded a trading volume of more than 7.6 billion yuan. The increase in trading volume reflects that the trading attention and participation of on-market funds in the sectors corresponding to GEM and STAR Market 50 have increased.

AI discovers critical vulnerability in PHP programming language: 70% of global websites may be at risk, government websites in multiple European countries are urgently taken offline

2026/10/22 11:37:20

On October 21 local time, two overseas cybersecurity companies discovered two serious security vulnerabilities in the general-purpose programming language PHP through AI-assisted and independent investigations respectively. As about 70% of websites worldwide are developed based on PHP, after the vulnerability information was disclosed, many European countries have urgently and temporarily taken government websites and public service platforms offline to prevent malicious exploitation of the vulnerabilities.

Midday limit up/limit down stock analysis: 32 limit up stocks, 9 limit down stocks, reducer concept gains strength

2026/10/22 11:37:11

A-share midday break on October 22: a total of 32 stocks hit limit up and 9 stocks hit limit down in the half day. At the sector level, the reducer concept performed strongly, with Xiangyang Bearing and Yifan Transmission hitting limit up; the China North Industries Group concept was active, with Hunan Tianyan hitting limit up; the motor sector rose, with Zhaowei Electromechanical recording 2 limit ups in 4 days, and stocks such as Moons’ Electric and Annada also hitting limit up.

Total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in China reached 24.777 million as of end of September, up 37.2% year-on-year

2026/10/22 11:36:44

The National Energy Administration released statistics on national electric vehicle charging facilities for September 2026: as of the end of September that year, the total number of domestic charging infrastructure reached 24.777 million, a year-on-year increase of 37.2%. Among them, there are 5.207 million public charging facilities, up 16.3% year-on-year, with a total rated power of 266 million kilowatts; 19.57 million private charging facilities, up 44% year-on-year, with a reported installed power capacity of 167 million kVA.

PHP vulnerability affects multiple parties in Japan, Japanese government has temporarily suspended public access to part of its website content

2026/10/22 11:33:47

[Summary] A critical security vulnerability in the programming language PHP has affected multiple entities in Japan including financial institutions, enterprises, local governments and central government agencies. The Japanese government has temporarily suspended public access to part of its website content. On the 22nd, Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara stated that no relevant damage reports have been received so far, relevant institutions have been advised to install repair patches, and the government will closely track the situation and take corresponding measures.

National Energy Administration conducts supervision and investigation on power supply security work for APEC Summit

2026/10/22 11:32:00

On October 20, He Yang, Deputy Director of the National Energy Administration, led a team to Shenzhen to carry out supervision and investigation on power safety guarantee for the APEC Summit, to re-deploy and re-promote the power supply security work, requiring all relevant units to do a solid and detailed job in all links to ensure foolproof power supply and provide solid power support for the smooth holding of the summit. Relevant responsible persons from the Southern Energy Regulatory Bureau, Guangdong Provincial Energy Bureau, China Southern Power Grid and other units participated in this investigation.