Local officials said a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa killed three.

Federal Reserve's GOOLSBEE said the labor market remains stable but is not robust.

By the midday close in China, main futures contracts were mostly higher. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose over 6%, fuel oil climbed more than 5%, synthetic rubber, container freight (Europe route) and ethylene glycol (EG) gained over 4%, palladium jumped nearly 4%, and SC crude oil, styrene (EB) and propylene advanced over 3%. On the downside, polysilicon and lithium carbonate slid more than 2%, urea and Shanghai lead fell nearly 2%, and soda ash, peanuts and Shanghai nickel dropped over 1%.