COOK said if the disinflation trend does not resume, the Fed is prepared to raise interest rates.

At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Shanghai gold and silver gained over 3%, red dates and iron ore rose more than 2%, coke and live hogs climbed about 2%, and platinum and palladium were up over 1%. On the downside, methanol fell more than 3%, propylene nearly 3%, Shanghai nickel, polypropylene contracts, benzene and styrene (EB) dropped over 2%, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was down nearly 2%.

TASNIM News reported Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi will visit Pakistan on Friday.