Pre-Market Briefing: International Oil Prices Rise Across the Board, Oracle Scales Up NVIDIA Chips to Multi-Gigawatt Level

2026-10-28 20:35 (UTC+8)

Odaily: Ahead of the U.S. market open, the key market and financial news investors should focus on is as follows:

1. U.S. three major stock index futures edged higher. Dow Jones Index futures rose 0.04%, S&P 500 Index futures rose 0.23%, and Nasdaq 100 Index futures rose 0.42%.

2. International oil prices rose across the board. WTI crude oil futures rose 1.91% to $101.808 per barrel; Brent crude oil futures rose 1.69% to $111.260 per barrel.

3. International spot gold and silver both fell. Spot gold fell 0.11% to $4,055.75 per ounce; spot silver fell 0.61% to $54.06 per ounce.

4. Europe's three major stock indices closed mixed. The UK's FTSE 100 fell 0.09%, France's CAC40 fell 0.07%, and Germany's DAX30 rose 0.28%.

5. NVIDIA announced plans to expand Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) superclusters to multi-gigawatt scale based on NVIDIA Vera Rubin NVL72 systems.

6. Tesla plans to use Optimus humanoid robots to plug and unplug charging cables for its Robotaxi service, a solution that will serve as a transitional measure before the full automatic wireless charging system is officially deployed.

7. Google's DeepMind officially announced its latest-generation world model, Genie 4, calling it "the most realistic and interactive world model to date." The model can achieve highly realistic real-time interactive simulation.

8. OpenAI plans to procure Google's Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) chips, with the transaction amount and specific procurement scale not yet disclosed. OpenAI had previously begun renting Google TPUs.

9. Benefiting from the continued AI infrastructure boom, U.S. liquid cooling leader Vertiv beat market expectations for both third-quarter revenue and fourth-quarter guidance, surging nearly 17% pre-market.

10. Qualcomm plans to hold the global debut of its 6G terminal prototype at the 9th China International Import Expo. In addition, the booth will also showcase a diverse range of intelligent terminals including AI PCs, smart glasses, automobiles, and robots.

11. SK Hynix's CEO said that DRAM and HBM capacity will be "nearly sold out" over the next three years, and orders currently under negotiation have a high probability of being finalized.

12. The Federal Reserve will announce its interest rate decision at 2 p.m. U.S. Eastern Time (2 a.m. Beijing Time on October 29). Market pricing shows only about a 7% to 10% probability of a rate hike this time.