Corn futures are headed for their longest losing streak since June as the market lacks fresh bullish catalysts after hedge funds built record bets on higher prices, according to Bloomberg.

Bloomberg reported that the China Securities Regulatory Commission has declined to accept filing applications for a batch of mandatory convertible bonds, including those involving property developers such as Country Garden (2007), according to Ming Pao.

Pakistan Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said the Mecca Defense Alliance treaty would be activated if Saudi Arabia were attacked. According to Sina Finance, he said any aggression against one member state would be treated as an attack on all signatories. Asif made the remarks as Saudi Arabia suspended operations at several energy facilities in its south, while Yemen-based Iran-backed Houthi forces claimed a new round of strikes on Saudi Arabia. He also said the Houthis should understand that their actions could trigger the agreement. In an interview with Geo News, Asif said Pakistan was bound by the treaty's terms and would honor them if attacked.

According to RTHK, Yonhap and HKET, Asian equities were mixed at midday Wednesday as escalating Middle East tensions pushed Brent crude toward $100 a barrel and the yen held near a seven-month high around 154 per dollar, tempering risk appetite even as memory-chip names extended their run. Tokyo's Nikkei 225 eased in the afternoon session, trading at 65,123.01, down 0.22% or 146.32 points, as of 04:32 UTC, weighed by chip-equipment makers. Advantest fell 3.20% and Tokyo Electron declined 1.22%, while Sony was little changed, up 0.08%. Seoul's KOSPI outperformed, up 1.12% or 77.98 points at 7,032.50 as of 04:32 UTC, lifted by memory demand optimism. SK Hynix rose 3.35% and Samsung Electronics added 0.19%. Hong Kong stocks were flat by the lunch break, with the Hang Seng Index at 25,316.87, virtually unchanged, and the Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.58%. Lenovo gained more than 5% and Baidu rose over 3%, while Meituan fell 2.73%, Xiaomi lost 2.30% and NetEase dropped over 2%. Optical-communications names bucked the trade, with Haiguang Xinzheng up more than 10% as the China International Optoelectronic Expo opened in Shenzhen. Haidilao slid more than 9% after reports of a HK$2.75 billion block sale, while Li Auto fell over 3%. Newly listed UDROID Robotics surged nearly 160% on its trading debut. Taiwan's TAIEX advanced 0.23% or 107.59 points to 47,213.37 as of 04:32 UTC, with the multi-head structure intact. Optical-communications shares climbed, with Genius Electronic Optics (Yujingguang) hitting limit-up at a record high, while MediaTek eased 1.27% after a pullback from recent highs. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite rose 0.24% to 3,949.89 at the midday break, while the Shenzhen Component slipped 0.06% to 13,694.33 and the ChiNext Index fell 0.34% to 3,348.29. Official data showed August CPI up 0.8% year-on-year and PPI rising 3.8%.

Douyin is testing an AI Workshop for ordinary creators and developers, linking AI app building, debugging, deployment, and distribution within its platform traffic system. According to ChainCatcher, the creator backend includes built-in AI development frameworks, interface capabilities, and cloud storage services. Douyin has also added an Interest Card format to its recommendation page to display AI apps created in the workshop. Users can interact with these cards directly in the feed without opening a mini program or leaving the main app, enabling Q&A, interactive features, and lightweight tool experiences. The product lets non-coders build apps by describing ideas in natural language, while technical developers can modify underlying files for deeper customization. Debugging, device preview, and publishing are completed in the same environment, and finished works can be converted into Interest Cards for recommendation feed distribution. The product is currently in an invite-only beta test.

According to Jin10, JPMorgan has become the latest institution to forecast that the Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its fourth rate hike in this cycle at the end of September. JPMorgan Australia chief economist Ben Jarman said recent hawkish remarks from senior RBA officials suggest that “some kind of stance has changed,” and noted that the central bank appears concerned about high oil prices, surging AI investment, and the economy's supply potential. JPMorgan expects a 25 basis point rate hike on September 29 to 4.60%.

According to Jin10, the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Casualty Analysis System said U.S. military casualties in the Iran conflict reached 838 as of the 8th, including 18 deaths and 820 injuries. The website said that since the U.S. resumed the Iran conflict in July, there have been 4 deaths and 403 injuries, and that the database added an "overseas operations" tracking category in July to separately count U.S. military casualties since July 7.

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