What happened in the past 24 hours | November 9, 2026

【Top stories】
1. At 4:24 a.m. Beijing time on the 9th, a Long March 12 rocket lifted off from the Hainan Commercial Space Launch Site, placing the 29th group of low-Earth-orbit satellites for the satellite internet network into their planned orbit.
2. The National Meteorological Center expects the cold wave to continue moving south. On the 9th, temperatures will drop noticeably in Jiangnan, eastern South China and parts of Southwest China. Yunnan and Sichuan are forecast to see more precipitation over the next three days, and some areas of Yunnan should guard against secondary disasters caused by heavy rain.
3. Egypt’s Ministry of Health updated its notice on the train derailment in the Ayat area of Giza Governorate, reporting 112 people injured. Of these, 45 have been discharged after receiving treatment.
【A-shares / Chinese assets】
1. As of November 6, the combined margin financing balance on the Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges stood at 2,247.468 billion yuan, down 23.509 billion yuan from the previous trading day.
2. According to statistics from the China Index Academy, in the first 10 months, a cumulative 654,000 properties were listed for judicial auction across 355 cities nationwide, up 31.6% year on year; 188,000 properties were sold, up 34.6%. These figures are based on judicial auction samples.
【Overseas markets】
1. Japan’s Ministry of Finance released daily foreign-exchange intervention data for July through September this year. Japanese authorities intervened on three trading days, with the intervention on July 30 totaling 7.98 trillion yen.
2. A Jin10 flash update at 08:42 said spot gold touched $4,100 per ounce intraday, up 0.72% on the day and rebounding from an earlier low.
【Developments to watch】
1. A State Council executive meeting discussed and approved in principle a draft amendment to the Price Law, proposing that disorderly, low-price competition be addressed in accordance with laws and regulations. Watch for further deliberations on the draft and supporting rules.
2. Hunter, an assistant governor at the Reserve Bank of Australia, said artificial intelligence could boost demand and add to inflationary pressures in the short term, while its long-term impact may be broadly neutral.
【Domestic updates】
1. The Shanghai Stock Exchange disclosed that the total market capitalization of companies listed on the Shanghai market exceeds 65 trillion yuan.
【Overseas updates】
1. According to Japan’s public broadcaster NHK, a magnitude 4.5 earthquake struck off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, at a depth of about 50 kilometers.
Source: Compiled from publicly available information on the internet. For research and educational purposes only; this does not constitute investment advice.