Zelenskiy said Ukraine will deploy two additional units to reinforce the Donetsk front.

ECB executive board member Schnabel said the ECB must act early to prevent second-round inf effects. Markets appear to understand the ECB's reaction mechanism. The extent of tightening will depend on incoming data.

At midday close, China domestic futures' main contracts were mostly lower. P-xylene, methanol, propylene and ethylene glycol hit daily down limits; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell about 9%, fuel oil about 8%, Shanghai crude (SC) about 6%; synthetic rubber, benzene, Europe-route container freight, PTA, polypropylene and bottle-grade PET chips dropped over 5%. Rapeseed meal rose more than 3%, soybean meal over 2% and soybean No.2 nearly 2%.