Market Information Tuesday 27 October 2026

Chinese industrial profits rose 14.4% in September from a year earlier, up from 4.2% in August and the fastest pace in three months. Higher oil prices and rising costs of artificial intelligence (AI) hardware lifted factory-gate prices by 5%, the fastest since 2022. Gains remain concentrated in a few sectors, as energy and AI boost electronics and mining, while weak domestic demand weighs on other industries. Chinese stocks have lost $2.4 trillion since their May peak.

Japanese Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said the government stands ready to take decisive action in the currency market if needed, as the yen remains persistently weak. The yen fell to 157.73 against the dollar on Tuesday, slipping from last week’s one-month high. The Bank of Japan is expected to hold rates steady on Friday while signalling further hikes to prevent inflation overshooting its 2% target. Japan and the US carried out a rare joint yen-buying intervention on 31 July.

Citigroup and BCA Research downgraded Brazilian assets after Lula da Silva’s election victory, citing reduced prospects for fiscal discipline and structural reforms. Brazilian markets plunged on Monday, with the Brazilian real falling more than 11% against the US dollar and the Bovespa index dropping 13.9%, its biggest one-day decline since March 2020. Citi closed its overweight equities call and long real position, while BCA cut Brazilian equities, local-currency bonds and sovereign credit to underweight.

The 6M Euribor decreased with 1 basis point to 3.01% compared to previous business day. The 10Y Swap is unchanged at 3.46% compared to previous business day.

In the attachment, today’s market data on money and capital market rates as well as other rates are presented.