Australia's S&P/ASX 200 opened down 59.50 points (-0.67%) at 8,854.50 on June 16 (Tue).

National Bureau of Statistics: Jan–May average urban surveyed unemployment rate 5.2%. May urban surveyed unemployment 5.1%, down 0.1 percentage point MoM. Local-hukou urban labor force unemployment 5.2%; migrant (non-local hukou) urban labor force 4.9%, including migrant agricultural-hukou 4.9%. Surveyed urban unemployment in 31 major cities 5.1%, down 0.1 percentage point MoM. Average weekly hours worked by enterprise employees 48.2 hours.

China's National Railway Administration said Jan–May railway fixed-asset investment totaled 248.5 billion yuan, up 2.6% YoY, with construction proceeding steadily. Passenger traffic Jan–May: 1.969 billion trips, up 5.7% YoY; passenger turnover 697.7 billion pkm, up 4.2%. May: 414 million trips, up 1.9% YoY; passenger turnover 140.4 billion pkm, up 2.2%.