① The three major US stock index futures fell sharply. Dow futures fell 0.44%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.68%, and NASDAQ futures fell 1.65%. ② The German DAX index fell 0.54%, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.54%, the French CAC40 index fell 0.78%, and the European Stoxx 50 index fell 1.23%. ③ WTI crude oil rose 3.47% to $103.52 per barrel. Brent crude rose 3.82% to $108.61 per barrel. ④ Led by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a group of AI industry leaders called for a slowing down of the iteration of AI capabilities. ⑤ Overall US inflation failed to fall further in August, and traders' pricing for the Fed's September rate hike rose from about 50% at the beginning of last week to close to 90%. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh needs to choose between maintaining anti-inflationary credibility and Trump's demand to lower interest rates; if interest rates were raised this week, it would be the first time in nearly three years that the Federal Reserve raised policy interest rates. ⑥ J.P. Morgan said that as long as the pace of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve remains gradual, and interest rate hikes occur in an environment where profits are growing strongly and inflation expectations are unanchored, the global stock market can withstand the impact of interest rate hikes. ⑦ Johnson & Johnson's stock price rose 1.2% before the market. Earlier, there were reports that Apollo Global Management is interested in acquiring Johnson & Johnson's orthopedic business, with a potential transaction valuation of about US$20 billion. ⑧ Executives of leading companies in the AI industry issued risk warnings one after another, and the US stock of CrowdStrike Holdings, a leading cybersecurity stock, rose more than 5% before the market. ⑨ Shares of US chip-related companies fell before the market after US AI leaders called for a slowdown in technological development. Nvidia's stock price fell 2%, Chaowei Semiconductor fell 4.1%, Intel fell 4.9%, and Meiman Electronics Technology fell 5.5%.

① The three major US stock index futures fell sharply. Dow futures fell 0.44%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.68%, and NASDAQ futures fell 1.65%. ② The German DAX index fell 0.54%, the FTSE 100 index rose 0.54%, the French CAC40 index fell 0.78%, and the European Stoxx 50 index fell 1.23%. ③ WTI crude oil rose 3.47% to $103.52 per barrel. Brent crude rose 3.82% to $108.61 per barrel. ④ Led by Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, a group of AI industry leaders called for a slowing down of the iteration of AI capabilities. ⑤ Overall US inflation failed to fall further in August, and traders' pricing for the Fed's September rate hike rose from about 50% at the beginning of last week to close to 90%. Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Walsh needs to choose between maintaining anti-inflationary credibility and Trump's demand to lower interest rates; if interest rates were raised this week, it would be the first time in nearly three years that the Federal Reserve raised policy interest rates. ⑥ J.P. Morgan said that as long as the pace of interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve remains gradual, and interest rate hikes occur in an environment where profits are growing strongly and inflation expectations are unanchored, the global stock market can withstand the impact of interest rate hikes. ⑦ Johnson & Johnson's stock price rose 1.2% before the market. Earlier, there were reports that Apollo Global Management is interested in acquiring Johnson & Johnson's orthopedic business, with a potential transaction valuation of about US$20 billion. ⑧ Executives of leading companies in the AI industry issued risk warnings one after another, and the US stock of CrowdStrike Holdings, a leading cybersecurity stock, rose more than 5% before the market. ⑨ Shares of US chip-related companies fell before the market after US AI leaders called for a slowdown in technological development. Nvidia's stock price fell 2%, Chaowei Semiconductor fell 4.1%, Intel fell 4.9%, and Meiman Electronics Technology fell 5.5%.