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Technology shares led the Asian decline
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Reuters described the 22 October 2026 Asian session as a technology-led decline. The percentages below are from that one dispatch. Company results mentioned in it are attributed to Reuters, because this desk has not opened the filings.
Key facts
- Reuters reported Tokyo Electron, SK Hynix, Samsung Electronics and Alibaba lower in the 22 October session.
- The same dispatch reported Euro Stoxx 50 futures and S&P 500 e-mini futures lower in early European trading.
- Earnings claims about SpaceX and Meta are Reuters’ account. The filings are not reproduced here.
In the Reuters story filed at 2:33 a.m. Eastern time, Tokyo Electron was down more than 6 percent, SK Hynix 5.7 percent, Samsung Electronics 4.2 percent, and Alibaba 6.5 percent in Hong Kong. The broader indexes in that story were also lower: the Nikkei 2 percent, Korean shares more than 4 percent, the CSI 300 2 percent, and the Hang Seng more than 3 percent. Early European trading in the same story had Euro Stoxx 50 futures down 0.9 percent and S&P 500 e-mini futures down 0.8 percent.
Reuters said the Nasdaq had led Wall Street to a slightly higher close overnight, that SpaceX had posted its first profit as a public company, and that Meta’s third-quarter revenue had beaten expectations. It also said a Meta plan to issue non-voting Class C stock had revived concern about capital spending. Those are Reuters’ sentences. WiT Markets is not repeating a revenue figure or a profit figure, because the company documents are not the source of this note.
A lower share price after a result is a change in price. It is not, by itself, a finding that the business broke, and it is not a finding that artificial-intelligence spending will fail. The earlier reading on this desk, that an earnings season is a calendar rather than a signal, still applies. This note does not replace that reading, and it does not rank the companies.
Why it matters for investors and traders
Large technology shares can dominate a regional index move. The index percentage and the company percentage are different facts, and a reported earnings beat is not the same document as the accounts.
Markets discussed: Equities. These are the subjects of the briefing, not a list of markets that moved.
Uncertainties
- No company filing has been opened for this note, so no revenue or profit number is stated.
- Futures levels in the dispatch were early European trading, not a cash close.
What to watch next
- Use the company release if you need the result itself.
- The 1 October note on this page still explains how a result differs from an estimate.
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- Reuters, Asian markets dispatch, 22 October 2026 — checked 22 October 2026
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