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Reports indicate China may approve purchases of Nvidia's new RTX Pro 5500 workstation chips by Alibaba and ByteDance, a potential easing of restrictions on advanced US semiconductors for Chinese tech firms. The news moved attention to Alibaba shares on the NYSE and highlights ongoing negotiations over US-China chip export rules, with investors watching whether wider access to Nvidia hardware will follow.

UBS's latest housing bubble index names Zurich and Tokyo as the developed markets at greatest risk of a housing bubble, while overall price growth across the cities it tracks continues to slow. Investors are watching the findings for signals on where valuations may be most stretched, with real estate ETFs such as Vanguard Real Estate (VNQ) also in focus as sentiment on global property cools.