Emerging markets have had a good run — the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF is up 7.5% this month — with sentiment given a lift by China's stimulus and the Federal Reserve’s 50 basis point interest rate cut on Sept. 18. And still the sector remains undervalued and underowned, according to a team of analysts at JPMorgan.

Today, though, it was an inflation update that Wall Street was centered on. According to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, the Personal Consumption and Expenditures (PCE) Price Index increased by 0.1% in August from the month prior and was up 2.2% on an annual basis. Both figures were lower than what was seen in July.

China stocks rallied to their best day in 16 years, with related U.S. ETFs also soaring after recent economic stimulus buoyed investor optimism in the market. The Shanghai Composite rallied 8.06% in its best day since September 2008,

Chinese stocks rally after government stimulus - witness the best day since 2008. The Shanghai Composite had surged 8% in trade today on the back of the People's Bank of China's stimulus. It has unveiled its biggest stimulus since COVID-19.