A-Share Hotspot Outlook: Escalating Middle East Tensions Send Oil Prices Soaring; DeepSeek Set to Raise 100 Billion Yuan

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① Escalation of the Middle East situation combined with the attack on Saudi oil fields; the central oil price may remain at a high level;

② DeepSeek is close to completing 100 billion yuan in financing, and the localization of computing power is expected to accelerate;

④ Silicon-28 silane specialty gas and epitaxial wafers make their debut, bringing quantum materials one step closer to self-reliance and controllability;

⑤ A risk alert is issued for an ultra-critical PHP vulnerability, and demand for cybersecurity is expected to recover;

⑥ El Niño intensity may hit a record high, and the prosperity of the seed industry continues to be released.

Market review

On October 22, the three major A-share indices adjusted collectively, with the Shanghai Composite Index falling 1.48% and the ChiNext Index plunging 4.37%, while nearly 5,000 stocks across the market declined. Robotics, banks, and white goods were active against the trend, while computing hardware and film and television concepts led the declines.

Saudi oil field attacked; US and Israel draft a new round of strike plans against Iran

On October 22, Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oil field was attacked by drones, killing two people, and King Fahd International Airport was also attacked. The US State Department ordered the evacuation of "non-emergency" employees stationed in Saudi Arabia.

In addition, the US and Israeli militaries have drafted specific plans for a new round of military strikes against Iran after the midterm elections, with targets covering Iran's energy infrastructure, nuclear facilities, and more. Affected by the related events, both Brent and US crude rose sharply.

BOC International pointed out that geopolitical disruptions and restrictions on overseas refining facilities are favorable to large domestic energy central SOEs and refining leaders. In the short term, geopolitical risks will still dominate oil price movements, and geopolitics may intensify crude oil price volatility.

Core targets

CNOOC: The company is a major oil and gas exploration enterprise, with a business focused purely on upstream operations. Its profit elasticity is relatively prominent when oil prices are high, and it is covered by a BOC International research report.

PetroChina: The company is a major integrated oil and gas enterprise, with a full-chain layout spanning exploration and development, refining, and sales. Against the backdrop of high oil prices, its exploration segment is expected to benefit, and it is covered by a Hua An Securities research report.

DeepSeek plans to obtain 100 billion yuan in financing; computing power is the primary use of funds

According to Shanghai Securities News, sources said that DeepSeek's fundraising target for this round was initially set at 50 billion yuan, and after multiple upward revisions, it was raised to about 100 billion yuan. It has not yet been officially announced, and the final amount is still not fully determined. The funds will continue to be used for model training, computing power construction, and talent recruitment to support DeepSeek's participation in global competition. Some sources also judge that this round of financing will pave the way for the company's planned IPO on the STAR Market.

Hualong Securities pointed out that the pre-earnings announcements for the first three quarters of Hygon Information and Inspur Information showed high growth, further verifying the prosperity of the computing power industry. Accelerated domestic substitution, combined with the policy dividend of "AI+", makes the investment opportunities in the two main lines of AI computing power and AI applications promising.

Core targets

Hygon Information: The company is a major domestic CPU and DCU enterprise, and its net profit for the first three quarters is expected to increase by 38.16% to 51.93% year on year.

On October 22, Wang Xingxing, founder of Unitree Robotics, said at the World Physical AI Conference that with the release of GPT-6, physical AI has shown signs of being broken through, very likely within the next 1-2 years or 2-3 years; the core challenge for embodied intelligence to pass the ChatGPT moment is the alignment between the input and output of AI models and real robots.

CITIC Securities pointed out that catalysts for robotics such as liquidity, valuation, policy, technology, and chain leaders mostly conform to the characteristics of the past seven robotics rallies. The robotics thematic market currently has the conditions to launch, and the mass production and application prospects of the robotics industry are promising.

Core targets

Sanhua Intelligent Controls: The company is a major enterprise in electromechanical actuators and thermal management, positioned in the actuator segment of humanoid robots, and is covered by a Changjiang Securities research report.

Beite Technology: The company is a major enterprise in planetary roller screws, with products used in linear actuators for humanoid robots, and is listed by a Sinolink Securities research report as a target related to the robotics chain.

Chinese team debuts silicon-28 silane specialty gas and epitaxial wafers domestically

The Quantum Information Silicon Team of the Institute of Information and Functional Materials at the Zhejiang University Hangzhou International Science and Technology Innovation Center, together with the State Key Laboratory of Silicon and Advanced Semiconductor Materials, recently released two achievements for the first time: silicon-28 silane specialty gas and epitaxial wafers.

Among them, the chemical purity of silicon-28 silane specialty gas reached 99.99998%, filling a gap in related domestic materials and supplying a key upstream material for the research and development of silicon-based quantum chips. Because the atomic nucleus spin of silicon-28 is zero, it can significantly reduce environmental noise interference in quantum computing and is a core material for silicon-based quantum chips.

Kaiyuan Securities pointed out that catalysts in the quantum computing industry chain are intensive, and multiple catalysts are expected to accelerate the industry's volume growth.

Core targets

QuantumCTek: The company is a major enterprise in quantum technology, with a layout in quantum computing systems and quantum communication products. The industrialization of quantum technology is expected to drive its business.

Shenzhou Information: The company is a major enterprise in the application field of quantum communication and actively promotes the implementation of quantum security technology in scenarios such as government affairs and finance.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology warns of an ultra-critical PHP remote code execution vulnerability

On October 22, the Cybersecurity Threat and Vulnerability Information Sharing Platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a risk alert, saying that monitoring had found two ultra-critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in PHP. Unauthenticated attackers can remotely execute arbitrary code, causing harm such as server takeover, leakage of sensitive information, and business interruption. Relevant units and users are advised to upgrade to the latest secure version in a timely manner.

Core targets

NSFOCUS: The company is a major cybersecurity enterprise, providing web application protection and vulnerability protection products, and is recommended for attention by a CITIC Securities research report.

Venustech: The company is a major cybersecurity enterprise, with a layout in security operations and security protection products.

UN warns El Niño intensity may hit a record high

The World Meteorological Organization and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs recently jointly issued a warning that the intensity of this El Niño may be unprecedented, with a peak expected in December. From November to January of the following year, sea surface temperatures in the tropical Pacific may be 3.8°C above normal, far exceeding the 2.6°C record of 2015-2016, and the impact on agriculture and food may continue beyond 2027.

Guosen Securities pointed out that a super-strong El Niño resonating with high oil prices may lead agricultural products into a new upward cycle, and the planting chain is expected to benefit.

Core targets

Longping High-Tech: The company is a major crop seed enterprise, with a leading layout in the seed industry for major crops such as rice, and is listed by a Guosen Securities research report as a recommended target in the planting chain.

Denghai Seeds: The company is a major corn seed enterprise and is recommended for attention by a Jianghai Securities research report.

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