The U.S. issued a general license authorizing the supply to Venezuela of certain telecommunications-related items and services.

US stocks closed higher on Friday. Dow Jones Industrial Average preliminary close +0.98%; S&P 500 +0.43%; Nasdaq Composite +0.43%. Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 5.14% to a monthly high. Oracle (ORCL.N) +3.11%; SpaceX (SPCX.O) +2.22%. Intel (INTC.O) fell 2.24%; NVIDIA (NVDA.O) down 0.98%. Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index +0.4%; Baidu (BIDU.O) +1.35%; Alibaba (BABA.N) -8.59%.

Chongqing municipal government issued its 15th Five-Year (2026–2030) Beautiful Chongqing plan, directing low-carbon upgrades of transport equipment: accelerate new-energy vehicle adoption, electrify public-sector fleets, and promote battery-electric and hydrogen fuel-cell commercial vehicles; construct zero-carbon transport corridors; retire and replace aged commercial vessels and promote new-energy/clean-energy ships; retrofit existing transport infrastructure for energy and carbon reductions and build a batch of low-carbon stations, berths and highway service areas.