At an Aug. 26 mid-year results briefing, Meitu CPO Chen Jianyi said Picchi and MVLAND, the two fastest-growing post-2026 Meitu Imaging Festival launches, currently each record annual recurring revenue above $500,000.

Reuters survey: more than half of economists expect the Bank of Japan to raise policy rates to at least 1.50% by Q1 2027; previous survey median was 1.25%.

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%.