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TradingKey - On July 15 ET, an announcement from the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) revealed that "Apple Intelligence" has passed the generative AI service filing. Alibaba (BABA) subsequently confirmed that Tongyi Qianwen will be integrated into Apple Intelligence as an AI capability, providing services for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS users in China. Boosted by the news, Alibaba's US-listed shares rose more than 6% at one point in pre-market trading to $119.3, compared to the previous session's closing price of $112.32. As of publication, Alibaba's pre-market gain stood at 4.32%.

TradingKey - Global foundry leader TSMC (TSM) will release its second-quarter 2026 earnings results on July 16. As one of the most critical manufacturing links in the current AI supply chain, TSMC's financial performance is no longer viewed as just the operating data of a single company, but is instead regarded by the market as a vital reference indicator for gauging global AI infrastructure investment sentiment, semiconductor cycle shifts, and the valuation logic for technology stocks.

TradingKey - On July 14, ET, Reuters reported, citing sources familiar with the matter, that payments processor Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have jointly submitted a takeover bid to PayPal (PYPL) at $60.50 per share, valuing the payments pioneer at over $53 billion. Boosted by the news, PayPal shares surged in pre-market trading on July 15, rising more than 15% as of press time.

TradingKey - As of the Asian trading session on July 15, gold (XAUUSD) prices retraced to oscillate near $4,030, erasing nearly all the gains driven by yesterday’s favorable CPI data. From a technical perspective, gold was bolstered yesterday by the cooling U.S. June CPI, rebounding quickly to test the $4,100 level. However, bulls failed to sustain the momentum today, reflecting intense competition between long and short positions at current levels.

SpaceX shares have declined for three consecutive sessions, approaching $135. If this level fails to hold, the stock could potentially fall by more than 25%.

TradingKey - Intel (INTC) has reported positive progress in its foundry business. KeyBanc Capital Markets released a report stating that the yield for Intel's 18A advanced process node has increased from approximately 65% in the previous quarter to over 85%, signifying significant improvements in production stability and cost control capabilities.

TradingKey - On July 15 local time, global semiconductor lithography giant ASML (ASML) released its Q2 2026 financial results. Several core metrics significantly outperformed market expectations, and the company raised its full-year guidance for the second time, highlighting robust growth momentum driven by the AI chip boom.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets continued to rebound, with the KOSPI’s surge triggering a buy-side circuit breaker. The Nikkei 225 edged slightly higher, while SK Hynix jumped nearly 9%, and Samsung Electronics and Kioxia both rose by approximately 6%.

TradingKey - During the Asian session on July 15, the IT sector of the Japanese stock market experienced a widespread sell-off. As of press time, NEC (6701) fell 4.44%, Fujitsu (6702) dropped 5.42%, Nomura Research Institute (4307) declined 2.94%, and BayCurrent Consulting (6532) fell 6.7%.

TradingKey - During the Asian session on July 15, the South Korean stock market rebounded strongly, with the KOSPI index gaining more than 7% intraday. As KOSPI 200 index futures surged and met the trigger conditions, the Korea Exchange activated a buy-side "Sidecar" mechanism, suspending programmatic buy orders for five minutes. The mechanism is primarily designed to curb the transmission of extreme volatility from index futures to the spot market and differs from a full-market circuit breaker that halts all trading.

TradingKey - As of July 14, Eastern Time, IBM (IBM) shares were trading at $217.07, plunging 25.21% on the day and hitting an intraday low of $213.22. The rare sharp decline in IBM's stock price was directly triggered by the company's advance warning that second-quarter revenue would fall below market expectations, noting that customer capital expenditures are shifting from traditional software and services toward data center infrastructure.

ASML reports Q2 2026 earnings this morning. Consensus: EPS $7.94, revenue $10.27B. Options pricing an 8.36% swing either way. The stock has pulled back 11% since July. At $1,808 in a triangle, here’s what matters today.

CPI data came in lower than expected across the board, fueling a surge in Bitcoin prices toward the $65,000 mark. Can it continue to climb and break through this critical level?

TradingKey - On July 14, ET, the three major U.S. stock indices closed slightly higher. U.S. June CPI was lower than market expectations, easing investor concerns about short-term Federal Reserve rate hikes. Meanwhile, strong second-quarter earnings from major banks drove a recovery in market risk a

SK Hynix surged 27% on Monday July 14 from $152 to $186, driven by Barclays’ Overweight initiation, South Korea’s record AI budget, and a recovery from Sunday’s worst-ever Seoul session. At $186 on Wednesday, the 2.0 Fibonacci extension at $198 is the next target.

Japanese and South Korean stock markets staged a sharp rebound, with the KOSPI Index surging nearly 7% and the Nikkei 225 making a steady recovery. SK Hynix jumped more than 9%, while Samsung Electronics, Kioxia, and SoftBank also traded higher.

Tradingkey - U.S. June CPI was lower than expected across the board, and the probability of a Federal Reserve rate hike in July fell below 20%. Additionally, Trump's decision to cancel fees in the Strait of Hormuz further boosted market sentiment. The three major U.S. stock indices closed higher across the board, with memory and chip stocks leading the gains, while a slump in IBM weighed on software stocks. At the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.02% to 52,508.27; the Nasdaq Composite Index rose 0.90% to 26,107.01; and the S&P 500 Index rose 0.38% to 7,543.59.

TradingKey - Apple (AAPL) is further increasing its investment in edge AI, aiming to enable large AI models to run locally on iPhones. The CEO of PrismML, a Silicon Valley AI startup, stated that Apple is in talks for technical cooperation to leverage extreme model compression technology. The goal is to run high-performance large models directly on iPhones, overcoming the hardware bottlenecks of edge AI. PrismML officially announced a compressed version of Alibaba's Tongyi Qianwen (Qwen) model, reducing the original 27-billion-parameter model from 54GB to under 4GB, allowing it to run fully on iPhone 15 and newer models. This technology will achieve a more than 90% reduction in memory footprint, a 6-8x increase in inference speed, and a 3-6x reduction in power consumption.

Tradingkey - U.S. June CPI inflation slowed more than market expectations, but Fed Chair Wash delivered hawkish remarks, emphasizing that the current primary task is to restore price stability and ensure the high inflation of the past five years becomes a thing of the past. On July 14, Eastern Time, inflation data released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the unadjusted June CPI increased by 3.5% year-on-year, significantly lower than the market expectation of 3.8%; the CPI decreased by 0.4% month-on-month, also exceeding the expected 0.1% decline. In terms of core inflation, the core CPI monthly rate recorded 0%, the smallest increase since January 2021, compared to market expectations of 0.2%. Overall, while the slowdown in June CPI exceeded expectations due to falling energy prices, significant inflationary pressures remain, as the current 3.5% year-on-year increase is still a considerable distance from the Federal Reserve's 2% inflation target.

TradingKey - On July 14, ET, AMD (AMD) regained upward momentum. As of press time, the stock rose 6.05% to $566.73. According to people familiar with the matter, a subsidiary of the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker ZTE and Kingsoft Cloud have received approval to purchase AI chips from Nvidia (NVDA) and AMD, further expanding the list of Chinese companies known to have obtained U.S. licenses.