Lithium carbonate front-month contract rose 4.00% intraday to 158,440 yuan/tonne.

Kioxia Holdings plans to invest more than ¥1 trillion to build a new NAND flash production facility at its Kitakami plant in Iwate prefecture. President Yuji Ota will present the plan to Prime Minister Takaichi at the prime minister's official residence in Tokyo later today. Kioxia currently produces NAND in Yokkaichi (Mie) and Kitakami (Iwate); the new capacity is intended to meet rising AI-driven data-center demand for storage chips.

卡塔尔外交部：卡塔尔和伊朗审议了缓解地区紧张局势的努力，并为对话创造条件。