US equity indices extended gains; S&P 500 rose 0.5% and the Nasdaq-100 gained about 0.4%.

The PBOC and the National Financial Regulatory Administration issued a notice under Opinions on Reforming and Improving Real Estate Credit Management saying banking financial institutions may, on market-based and rule-of-law principles, negotiate with borrowers of existing personal housing loans who temporarily lose income and face repayment difficulties and flexibly adjust repayment plans by postponing repayment dates, extending loan tenors, or deferring principal payments.

{"title":"Trump signs order renaming Canada's Lake Ontario 'American Lake'","content":"President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order formally renaming Canada's Lake Ontario 'American Lake', a symbolic move amid an escalating U.S.-Canada trade dispute. In the Oval Office Trump said "'American Lake' is a name I've been thinking about for a long time. We have a gulf (he called the Gulf of Mexico 'American Gulf') and a lake. Now we only lack an ocean," adding he might rename the Atlantic or Pacific, "maybe both." He previously posted an image renaming the Strait of Hormuz 'Trump Strait'."}