Russian business news agency reported that Russian lawmakers said Russia and Ukraine exchanged the bodies of soldiers killed in action.

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and MOFCOM, together with the NDRC, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and the National Energy Administration, will organize a 2026 NEVs-to-the-countryside campaign. The notice directs expansion of old-for-new vehicle trade-in activity in rural areas, requires dedicated trade-in zones within the campaign, and mandates promotion of subsidy policies while providing one-stop services — old-car inspection, valuation, recycling and subsidy-application handling — to raise policy awareness and coverage and make it easier for rural consumers to claim subsidies. Rural consumers who trade up to NEVs may apply for the vehicle old-for-new subsidy per policy requirements and are not subject to limits on the number of subsidy entitlements.

Coking coal and coke futures extended losses: coking coal front-month contract down 5% intraday at 1,280 yuan/ton; coke front-month contract down 4% at 1,998 yuan/ton.