LME copper fell 2.00% intraday to $13,105.80 per tonne.

The SFC published its 2025-26 annual report today. Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect remains a key trading driver: Hong Kong Stock Connect average daily turnover rose 84% YoY to RMB 124.1 bln, reaching a record 24% share of Hong Kong market turnover. Since launch, Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Connect has channelled cumulative RMB 1.47 tln into mainland stocks. Average turnover via Shanghai/Shenzhen Stock Connect accounted for 6.3% of mainland market turnover last year.

MOFCOM spokesperson, answering questions on improving handling of reports of export-control violations involving strategic minerals and dual-use items, said strengthening report-handling and enforcement capability is a basic requirement of China’s export-control system and a measure to safeguard national security and interests. The ministry said using reporting to monitor export-control violations is common internationally and that drawing on other countries’ practices to improve China’s reporting system can help prevent controlled items being diverted to illicit uses.