U.S. special envoy for Syria Barak said Washington will encourage diplomatic engagement between Syria and Israel.

EMSC reports a 6.1-magnitude earthquake in Sumatra, Indonesia.

At the morning close, China's most-active futures were mixed. Energy and petrochemicals led gains: Shanghai crude (SC) up over 5%, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) near 5%, fuel oil above 4%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), ethylene glycol (EG) and synthetic rubber rose over 3%, benzene nearly 3%. Lagging were metals and other industrials: Shanghai tin, international copper, Shanghai copper and polysilicon fell more than 1%; Shanghai zinc, industrial silicon and egg futures were down about 1%.