Federal Reserve's Williams said a sustained productivity boom would push up the neutral interest rate.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said US attacks will only make a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz more entrenched.

At the morning session close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Shanghai crude oil futures (SC) jumped over 9%. Container freight on the Europe route, ethylene glycol (EG) and methanol rose more than 5%; fuel oil gained over 4%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) climbed above 3%; benzene was up about 3%. On the downside, palladium fell nearly 6%; Shanghai silver and platinum dropped over 4%; lithium carbonate and Shanghai gold slipped more than 3%; 20# rubber, Shanghai tin and cotton fell over 2%.