Morgan Stanley: Still overweight the banking, semiconductor and capital goods sectors; among major European stock markets, the French CAC 40 index has the strongest positive correlation with the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

1. Meta released its AI assistant, Muse, marking the upgrade of AI from a "you ask, I answer" model to an "Agent" era of "helping you get things done." JPMorgan's core judgment: Whoever controls the user's Agent entry point controls the main gate of consumer demand. Amazon has urgently blocked Muse from accessing its platform, precisely to prevent losing its e-commerce entry point. 2. Computing power is no longer solely dominated by GPUs. JPMorgan points out that Agent background tasks do not require sub-second response times and can be executed using ordinary chips such as CPUs. The demand for AI computing power is shifting from a GPU monopoly to a diversified diffusion across CPUs, storage, networks, and servers. 3. Industries that "profit from user laziness and information asymmetry" should be wary. The report names: video/music subscriptions, insurance, credit card points, payments, and telecom operators—industries that rely on "customers finding it troublesome to switch" or "not understanding the terms and conditions" to maintain profits—will have their profit margins eroded by Agent's automatic price comparison and one-click switching. (JPMorgan report, September 22)

Citigroup: Changes in control of the U.S. Congress could influence future policy discussions on corporate taxes, artificial intelligence regulation, tariffs, and war powers.

Citigroup: The US midterm elections will have a limited impact on the overall S&P 500 index.

The Stoxx Europe 600 index has erased its earlier gains and is currently down 0.2%.

LG Electronics' shares in India pared gains, last up 1.2%, after Reuters reported that the company and Samsung are facing a tariff circumvention investigation in India.