A[A list of U.S. stock market pre-market news: The 30-year U.S. bond yield hit a new high since 2004; Micron is investigated by the ITC; Google is about to release its flagship AI model Gemini 4] On September 24, the financial news in the U.S. stock market that investors need to focus on is as follows:
1. All three major U.S. stock index futures fell across the board. Dow Jones futures fell 0.32%, S&P 500 futures fell 0.59%, and Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1.07%.
2. International oil prices rose collectively. WTI crude oil futures prices rose 1.95% to US$93.961/barrel; Brent crude oil futures prices rose 1.91% to US$99.994/barrel.
3. International gold and silver spot prices both fell. Spot gold prices fell 0.43% to US$4,268.67 per ounce; spot silver prices fell by 1.37% to US$63.54 per ounce.
4. The three major European stock indexes had mixed gains and losses. Britain's FTSE 100 index rose 0.12%, France's CAC40 index fell 0.20%, and Germany's DAX30 index fell 0.21%.
5. The yield on the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond rose to 5.435%, a new high since 2004; the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond rose to 5.14%, the highest level since 2007.
6. Williams, the "third leader" of the Federal Reserve and President of the New York Fed, said that inflation needs to be brought back to the target level in a timely manner, and it is reasonable to raise interest rates again before the end of this year.
7. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) officially launched a Section 337 investigation into dynamic random access memory (DRAM) equipment and its downstream products and components (III). Micron Technology and others are listed as defendants.
8. Qualcomm announced the renewal of its global patent licensing agreement with Apple, effective April 1, 2027.
9. The head of Google’s DeepMind department said that Google will soon release its latest flagship model Gemini 4. Gemini 4 is in the early stages of its "post-training" development phase and is expected to be released "well before" the end of this year.
10. A user discovered the undisclosed design of the third-generation Optimus humanoid robot by unlocking the Tesla Android application package. The pictures show that the third-generation Optimus robot seems to be designed for factory assembly lines rather than laboratories.
11. Corning Incorporated announced that it will expand Polarcor™ glass polarizer production capacity to meet the growing demand for AI data centers and computing applications.
12. Meta released the handheld AI device Muse Charm, which is equipped with an approximately 2-inch OLED touch screen and a 5G modem. It is equipped with a new operating system specially designed for the Muse AI assistant. It is expected to be launched before December.
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