Spot gold slid $20 intraday to $4,170/oz, down 2.12% on the day.

The National Bureau of Statistics said food, tobacco & alcohol and catering prices fell 0.9% YoY in May, reducing CPI by about 0.26 percentage points. Meat prices were down 7.4% YoY, trimming CPI by roughly 0.31ppt; pork plunged 16.1% YoY and accounted for most of that reduction (~0.31ppt). Fresh fruit -2.2% YoY (-0.04ppt); eggs +6.6% (+0.03ppt); fresh vegetables +1.6% (+0.02ppt); aquatic products +0.6% (+0.01ppt). Of the seven other major CPI categories, six rose YoY and one fell: other goods and services +9.9%, transport & communications +5.4%, healthcare +2.1%, household goods & services +1.8%, clothing +1.4%, education/culture/recreation +1.3%; housing -0.2%.

Singapore Exchange said May derivatives volume rose 20% YoY to 30.5 million contracts.