Kuwait Civil Aviation Authority says it has temporarily closed national airspace after an Iranian attack; flights are being diverted.

China A-shares closed lower after a weak session. Shanghai Composite fell 0.16%, Shenzhen Composite fell 0.68% and the ChiNext Index slid 1.13%. Helium-related names rallied, with Huate Gas, Heyuan Gas and Kaimete Gas among several stocks hitting daily limit-ups. Semiconductor materials outperformed: Jiangfeng Electronics, Xingfu Electronics and Asichuang hit 20% limit-ups. Lithium miners climbed in the afternoon, with Guocheng Mining at the limit and Shengxin Lithium Energy up more than 6%. Kitchen and bathroom appliances, precious metals, oil & gas extraction, chemical feedstocks and memory chips also advanced, while sports, cinema chains, AI, cloud computing, speed-reducer and humanoid-robot sectors led declines. Turnover across Shanghai and Shenzhen totaled 2.55 trillion yuan, down about 67.2 billion yuan from Tuesday; roughly 1,400 stocks rose and about 4,100 fell.

Director Zheng Zhajie chaired an expert meeting to solicit views on the current economic situation and on measures for upcoming economic work.