Fitch Ratings says Japanese corporate credit performance has become more uneven.

UK Maritime Trade Operations said 59 vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz in the past 48 hours.

At midday close, China’s main futures contracts traded mixed. Synthetic rubber rose over 4%, 20# rubber nearly 3%; eggs, SC crude, bitumen and natural rubber gained more than 2%; low‑sulfur fuel oil (LU) was up about 2%. On the downside, silicomanganese and ferrosilicon fell over 4%, lithium carbonate dropped over 3%; coking coal, coke, Shanghai gold and Shanghai silver declined more than 2%, and polysilicon slipped about 2%.