Eva Daily Market Brief — Thursday 15 October 2026

🇦🇺 AU

• XJO 8727.9, -0.6%, second soft day as banks and uranium weighed
• PDN 7.28, -9.3% on 9.8m shares, second heavy down day, weakest of the uranium names
• DYL 0.865, -2.3%, BOE 1.245, -0.4%, orderly beside PDN but no bid yet
• Banks soft again: CBA 151.17, -2.2%; BHP 60.86, -0.7%, CSL flat at 184.59

🌏 HK

• Tech ripped: 9988 110.50, +3.1%, 3690 77.10, +6.6%, 1810 26.38, +5.4%, all on heavy volume
• 0700 423.40, -0.4%, the odd one out while peers ran
• HSI closed Tuesday at 24345.2, +0.3%, Wednesday tape far stronger under the surface

🇺🇸 US

• Hot September CPI hit: SPY 769.60, -1.1%, QQQ 728.95, -2.0%, Nasdaq led down
• TSLA 367.16, -2.2%, NVDA 221.30, -3.2%, chips led the selloff
• GLD 375.99, -1.5% as gold faded from records, TLT 78.89, +0.7% on a haven bid

📊 Context

• September CPI hotter than expected, Fed cut bets pared, S&P 7718.9, Dow near flat
• WTI 95.11, +1.0% firm while gold pulled back to 4121.7, -1.3%
• AUD 0.6974 steady, neither help nor harm for unhedged books

🎯 Eva's Read

• Uranium book under real pressure, PDN two heavy down days running, no averaging down into it
• US CPI repricing is the macro driver, patience over prediction, stops stand