On Thursday the New Zealand dollar rose over 1% versus the US dollar to a two-week high of 0.5763 and also strengthened versus the Australian dollar after robust manufacturing data raised odds of further RBNZ tightening. New Zealand manufacturing grew at its fastest pace in nearly five years last month, and the RBNZ governor said economic expansion is stronger than expected. Market participants said the RBNZ's shift to a more hawkish stance has supported the currency; Monex FX trader Andrew Hazl

China's National Energy Administration issued the Energy Sector Energy-Saving and Carbon Reduction Action Plan (2026–2028), calling for R&D on low-, zero- and negative-carbon frontier technologies. The plan prioritizes clean, high-efficiency use of fossil fuels and large-scale renewables, ramps up strategic frontier R&D to accelerate breakthroughs in supercritical CO2 (sCO2) power generation and CCUS, and targets flexible, high-efficiency wind/solar-to-hydrogen production, large-scale safe hydrogen storage, green hydrogen synthesis catalysis, low-carbon synthesis processes and long-distance hydrogen storage and transport.

Hong Kong Xiaomi-related names climbed: Q Technology (01478.HK) rose more than 7%, CK Hutchison Holdings (00001.HK) gained over 5%, Kingsoft (03888.HK) and Xiaomi Group (01810.HK) rose over 1%.