Eva Daily Market Brief — Sunday 18 October 2026

🇦🇺 AU

• XJO closed Friday at 8806.70, up 1.0% — a firm end to the week
• Uranium names bounced hard: BOE 1.35 up 8.5%, PDN 7.32 up 5.9%, DYL 0.82 up 0.6%
• Sector tailwind intact since Google's 20-year nuclear power deal with Constellation
• ASX shut for the weekend; short interest stays elevated across BOE, PDN, DYL

🌏 HK

• HSI 24186.83, up 0.5% Friday — Asia diverged positively from the US
• 9988.HK 108.80 up 2.3% led the desk names; 3690.HK 75.70 up 0.3%
• 0700.HK 417.80 flat; 1810.HK 26.66 down 1.6%

🇺🇸 US

• S&P 500 7659.44 down 1.1%, Nasdaq 26140.03 down 2.1% — worst week since June
• AI debt fears drove it: chips fell an eighth straight day, CoreWeave down 11% Friday
• SPY 763.25, QQQ 709.80, TSLA 354.72 down 2.1%, NVDA 214.13 down 1.4%
• GLD 382.01 near flat, TLT 80.05 up 0.1% — no real haven bid yet

📊 Context

• 10-year yield near 5.10%, VIX around 20, WTI crude above 101 on Hormuz tensions
• AUDUSD 0.6949, BTC near 81500 — quiet alongside the equity stress
• Rotation, not panic: the Dow still gained 0.7% on the week as money left tech

🎯 Eva's Read

• Friday's tape split cleanly: US tech de-risking while AU uranium and HK held up
• BOE's 8.5% bounce shows the strongest hands of the three desk uranium names
• Watch Monday whether Wall Street's AI-credit worry crosses into the ASX open
• No new desk action into the weekend — reassess on Monday's open