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General Wire — 6 October 2026
The 30-year Treasury yield hit 5.70%, the euro slid to a 17-month low on French contagion fears, Schneider Electric agreed a $22.6bn deal for PTC, Spain called a snap election, Flávio Bolsonaro took a surprise lead in Brazil, and Foxconn's quarterly revenue jumped 47% on AI demand.
Business
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Markets Daily and Evening Briefing Americas, and The Economic Times’ Daily Brief.
Schneider Electric agreed to buy US software maker PTC for about $22.6 billion to deepen its push into AI. — Bloomberg
Citigroup is cutting its investment-banking analyst programme to two years from three to keep junior bankers from being poached by buyout firms. — Bloomberg
Anup Bagchi will take over as HDFC Bank’s chief executive on October 27, with analysts saying his first job is to win back investor trust as loan growth and returns slip to industry averages. — The Economic Times
Economics
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and Markets Daily.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s run of missed forecasts, including $3 gasoline when the pump price is about $4.37, is starting to dent his credibility. — Bloomberg
Friday’s weak US jobs report cut the odds of another Fed rate hike at the October 27–28 meeting to under 25%, from almost 30%. — Bloomberg
Finance
Sourced from Bloomberg’s Evening Briefing Americas and Markets Daily.
The 30-year Treasury yield climbed to 5.70%, its highest since 2002, with a trigger in bond-futures fine print threatening to push it towards 6%. — Bloomberg
The euro fell to a 17-month low against the dollar as French bond stress spilled into Italian, Belgian and Greek debt. — Bloomberg · Bloomberg
Brazilian assets jumped, with Itaú Unibanco up 11% in US premarket trading, after Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-round lead. — Bloomberg
Politics
Sourced from The Economist’s World in Brief and Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Spain’s prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, called a snap general election for November 29th after parliament rejected his housing bills. — The Economist
Turkey and Pakistan agreed to a rapid deployment of troops to Saudi Arabia under an August defence pact, as Houthi attacks on the kingdom mount. — The Economist
France and Germany urged the European Commission to toughen import restrictions against unfair trade, a letter clearly aimed at China. — The Economist
Tech / AI
Sourced from The Economic Times’ ET AI and Bloomberg’s Markets Daily.
Foxconn’s third-quarter revenue rose 47% year on year to T$3.03 trillion ($95.4 billion), beating forecasts on AI server demand. — The Economic Times
Donald Trump named Jay Clayton to help lead a White House task force on AI’s risks. — Bloomberg
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