ECB ACCOUNTS: Several members were not opposed to interest-rate hikes.

Spot gold was down 1.00% intraday, trading at $4,408.63/oz; spot silver was down more than 2.00% intraday, trading at $73.13/oz.

CSRC Vice Chairman Liu Haoling told the Shenzhen Stock Exchange's 2026 Global Investors Conference that capital-market financing and investment reforms are progressing steadily and overall valuations are in a reasonable range. He said year-to-date foreign inflows into the A-share market have been steady across multiple channels and that foreign investors now hold more than CNY 4 trillion in A-shares' free-float market value, making overseas capital a significant participant in China's capital market.