Fed Governor HAMMACK said the Fed currently does not see tensions in its dual mandate.

Fang Yi, chief strategy analyst at Guotai Haitong, said in a note that although Middle East geopolitical tensions remain volatile, the overall trajectory points to a reduced tail-risk scenario. With uncertainty falling and micro-level trading pressures easing, price discovery should reassert, making market-structure rallies likely to broaden; he recommends overweighting A-shares. Emerging risk boundaries and constraints suggest the downward adjustment in investor risk appetite and expectations is largely complete, returning markets to endogenous growth dynamics. Accelerating capital-market reforms imply policy intent to consolidate a steady-to-improving market backdrop. Traditional sectors are stabilizing; investment in China’s emerging industries is expected to accelerate given large market demand; China’s competitive manufacturing is globalizing, lifting multinationals and ROE, and 2026 GDP growth expectations may be revised up.

South Korea's KOSPI extended losses to 2%, with Samsung Electronics down 0.4% and SK Hynix down 3%.