Spot gold touched $4,070/oz, up 0.43% intraday.

ChangXin Memory Technologies chairman Zhu Yiming told the company’s STAR Market IPO roadshow that proceeds will be used to strengthen R&D capacity and advance industrialisation. He said the firm will push to lead industry-chain coordination and support China’s integrated-circuit ecosystem, and will continue prioritising independent innovation and investment to become a globally influential semiconductor memory company.

2-year bond futures (TS) most-active contract unchanged; 5-year (TF) unchanged; 10-year (T) up 0.01%; 30-year (TL) up 0.04%.