[Selected midday news on November 4th] 1. As of midday closing, the Shanghai Stock Exchange Index fell 0.1%, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange Component Index rose 0.14%, and the ChiNext Index rose 0.1%. 2. Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, with the Hang Seng Index up 0.01% and the Hang Seng Technology Index down 1.02%. 3. The central bank announced that starting from November 4, 2026, it will lower the stock repurchase and holding refinancing interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1%. 4. According to the "Capitol Hill" report, on November 3, local time, a US election data analysis agency predicted that the Democratic Party would regain control of the House of Representatives in the US midterm elections held on that day, and Trump's legislative agenda may face resistance in the future. 5. On November 3, local time, voting in the U.S. midterm elections continues. U.S. President Trump said that day that if the Democratic Party makes progress in this election and wins control of Congress, he may use the presidential veto to force the Democratic Party to reach a cross-party agreement with it. 6. The Nikkei 225 Index fell 4% during the day, Kioxia fell more than 11%, and SoftBank Group fell nearly 10%. South Korea's KOSPI index fell by 4%, SK Hynix fell by more than 6%, and Samsung Electronics fell by more than 4%.