The Kremlin said Russian President Putin held a phone call with Syria's president.

Bank of Thailand said overall credit growth has picked up, but lending to SMEs remains in contraction.

At the morning session close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. P-xylene, propylene and ethylene glycol hit daily limit-downs. Low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell about 9%, fuel oil dropped over 8% and SC crude oil declined more than 6%. Methanol, synthetic rubber, benzene, container freight (Europe route), PTA, LPG, polypropylene and styrene each fell over 5%. Rapeseed meal rose more than 2%, while soybean meal and international copper gained over 1%.