Nvidia added $150B to its share buyback plan, lifting its remaining repurchase authorization to a record $235B. The move signals confidence that its AI business will continue to generate strong revenue and cash flow.

As of the most recent week, U.S. equity funds attracted $20.6B in inflows. Over the same period, money-market funds recorded $41.36B in outflows. The flow data point to a renewed rotation from cash-like assets back into risk assets.

On October 2, 2026, Amazon is seeking to sell about $8 billion of Nvidia chip assets to outside investors to strengthen its balance sheet, according to Catenaa. The structure would see Amazon offer up to a 10% equity stake and ultimately hold no ownership in the entity. Amazon has committed to invest about $83 billion in OpenAI and Anthropic, which use Nvidia Grace Blackwell chips to train models. Amazon expects capital expenditure of $220 billion this year, largely for AWS to buy advanced chips and expand AI data centers, and shares of Amazon and Nvidia rose 2% at Friday’s open.

G7 leaders issued a joint statement confirming a coordinated release of 100 million barrels of oil reserves, starting immediately and lasting four months. The plan includes a frontloaded, substantial diesel release within the first 20 days by G7 members and partner countries. The move aims to address tight fuel supplies and elevated prices.

The Group of Seven agreed to release 100 million barrels of crude oil and refined products from emergency reserves over the next four months, and pledged not to restrict oil exports, aiming to cool a surge in diesel and other fuel prices. Brent crude fell 0.9% to $101.43 a barrel following the announcement.

Bitwise launched the first US spot NEAR ETF on NYSE Arca on Sept. 29, 2026, with shares trading under the ticker NRR. The fund directly holds NEAR tokens and is designed to incorporate staking rewards into its net asset value rather than paying them out to shareholders. Bitwise disclosed an annualized staking reward rate of about 5% as of Sept. 25, 2026, though it said the rate is not fixed. NRR charges a 0.75% management fee.

Nike reported first-quarter revenue of 112.1亿美元, down 4.3% year over year, missing analysts’ expectations. The company’s full-year revenue guidance also fell short of what the market had anticipated, sending the stock down as much as 9% in premarket trading. Nike has set a 25亿美元 cost-savings goal under its restructuring plan, but some market views suggest the target could be higher even as key categories perform strongly.

Seven months after the US-Israel war with Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, Middle East oil exports have climbed back to more than 90% of prewar levels. In the final week of September, average daily flows reached 92% of the prewar baseline, according to maritime intelligence firm Kpler. Roughly 40% of September exports bypassed the strait via overland pipelines, while ship-to-ship “shuttle” transfers helped maintain throughput.