U.S. Vice President Vance on Iran: the U.S. will respond if Iran carries out acts of violence.

A-share midday: Shanghai Composite down 0.08%, Shenzhen Component down 0.38%, ChiNext down 0.36%. Medical services led gains, with multiple mid/small-cap drug and services stocks hitting daily limit-ups and broader sector strength. Consumer staples—liquor—rebounded, including a limit-up name and several notable rallies. Cinema chain segment active with several stocks at their daily limits. Semiconductor and memory-related names opened higher then weakened sharply; several stocks hit daily limit-downs and multiple names fell more than 10%. Electronic chemical shares underperformed, one stock down over 15% and others among the session’s largest decliners.

Israeli warplanes struck the area between the southern Lebanese towns of Barashit and Beit Yahoun, market sources said.