JP Morgan Private Bank's head of Latin America investment strategy said Latin American currencies can remain stable even when economic fundamentals are weak.

Southbound flows via Stock Connect net bought 3.395 bln yuan today. Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shanghai): Tencent Holdings and Yangtze Optical Fibre & Cable were top net buys at HKD 547 mln and HKD 393 mln respectively; Alibaba-W was the largest net sell at HKD 913 mln. Hong Kong Stock Connect (Shenzhen): China Southern Hang Seng Tech ETF and WuXi Biologics were net bought HKD 528 mln and HKD 346 mln respectively; Tencent Holdings was the top net sell at HKD 258 mln.

Prime Minister Netanyahu said southern Lebanon's Ali Tahir Heights no longer pose a threat to Israel and that Israeli forces have eliminated a large number of militants there.