Brazil's central bank governor said the bank monitors Brent crude's performance daily.

Hong Kong-listed mainland banks active; BOC Hong Kong (02388.HK) rose over 4.5% to a record high, while Agricultural Bank of China (01288.HK), China CITIC Bank (00998.HK) and Bank of Communications (03328.HK) also gained.

China's main domestic futures front-month contracts opened mixed; SC crude rose over 6%. Fuel oil and styrene (EB) gained more than 3%; benzene, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), bitumen, synthetic rubber and ethylene glycol (EG) were up over 2%. On the downside, Shanghai silver fell about 4%; platinum and palladium dropped more than 3%; Shanghai gold declined over 2%; international copper slipped nearly 2%; Shanghai copper, Shanghai tin and glass fell more than 1%.