Hang Seng Index futures night session closed up 0.38% at 25,648, trading at a 137-point premium to the cash market.

Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet said they struck and destroyed five Hamas weapons storage facilities and one rocket-launch site in the Gaza Strip.

State Council Information Office held a kickoff press conference for the 15th Five-Year Plan; an MIIT official said the ministry will fully implement the 15th Plan and speed up new-type industrialization. MIIT said that during the 14th Five-Year period China’s new-type industrialization deepened, the industry’s shift toward new, higher-quality, smarter and greener development notably accelerated, and all 14th Five-Year Plan targets were met.