Thailand's Finance Ministry said it has no intention of imposing high taxes on gold.

FTSE China A50 index futures extended losses to 1%.

ExxonMobil said a fire in the laundry room of a floating vessel off Guyana forced a temporary suspension of operations on the Liza Unity FPSO. The blaze was quickly extinguished, but a company spokesperson said crude offloading operations were affected. The Liza field is central to Guyana’s oil expansion; the Stabroek block produces just over 900,000 b/d and Liza Unity handles about 250,000 b/d.