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Week brief · October 12 to 18, 2026

Finance news, week of October 12, 2026

In the week of October 12 to 18, 2026 the Finance desk recorded 11 news events on 3 days. Markets led with 5.

The most covered stories of the week

  1. Oct 13 Transport Topics: “Iran increases threat to Strait of Hormuz shipping” 6
  2. Oct 13 Space startup funding triples to record $20.8B in Q3, Seraphim report says 5
  3. Oct 12 Lithium futures fall 10%; EU deal reduces hybrid export demand 2
  4. Oct 13 DBS CEO: Singapore Haven Pitch Is Backed by S$518B Temasek 2
  5. Oct 13 HCLTech gains 6%, TCS 5% as quarterly results lift IT shares 2
  6. Oct 13 Bumble agrees to $1.3 billion all-cash takeover by Ithaca Holdings 2
  7. Oct 13 Nasdaq slips as chips fall for a fifth session and banks report 2
  8. Oct 14 Goldman Sachs posts $18.7 billion in Q3 net revenues, record advisory fees 2
  9. Oct 14 September CPI up 0.6% on the month, 3.7% from a year earlier 2
  10. Oct 14 bernama.com: “KL20: Malaysia Targets RM700 Mln Venture Capital Investments By 2030 -- Akmal Nasrullah” 2

Monday, October 12, 2026

  1. 01

    Lithium futures fall 10%; EU deal reduces hybrid export demand

    2 outlets · first: Bloomberg Commodities

    Machine summary Chinese lithium futures fell 10% in a day, after prices fell 25% in September.

    1. Chinese lithium futures slumped 10% on October 12, 2026 after the EU announced the hybrid export deal.
    2. The EU said China agreed to slash millions of hybrid vehicle sales to the bloc.
    3. Lithium prices had already shed a quarter of their value during September 2026.

    Reported by Bloomberg and Seeking Alpha.

Tuesday, October 13, 2026

6 events. The full rundown for October 13, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 18:16 UTC Transport Topics: “Iran increases threat to Strait of Hormuz shipping” 6
  2. 11:56 UTC Space startup funding triples to record $20.8B in Q3, Seraphim report says 5
  3. 01:26 UTC DBS CEO: Singapore Haven Pitch Is Backed by S$518B Temasek 2

Wednesday, October 14, 2026

4 events. The full rundown for October 14, 2026. The most covered:

  1. 01:00 UTC Goldman Sachs posts $18.7 billion in Q3 net revenues, record advisory fees 2
  2. 12:31 UTC September CPI up 0.6% on the month, 3.7% from a year earlier 2
  3. 08:25 UTC bernama.com: “KL20: Malaysia Targets RM700 Mln Venture Capital Investments By 2030 -- Akmal Nasrullah” 2

Summaries and key facts are machine summaries of the reports linked with them; outlets, times and counts come from those reports. How a rundown is built.

What kind of news was it?

  1. Markets 5
  2. Commodities 2
  3. Banking 1
  4. Earnings 1
  5. The Fed 1
  6. Economy 1

Sources: the outlets' reports linked on this page; counts and times from GetYourBrief's record of those reports (methodology).