Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) weekly inventories: copper down 8,220 t, aluminum down 17,019 t, zinc up 1,253 t, lead down 863 t, nickel down 847 t, tin up 1,153 t, natural rubber down 74 t.

OPEC monthly report projects global oil demand at 105.84 mln b/d in 2026 and 108.19 mln b/d in 2027.

China's National Data Administration said it has officially launched a national data property registration system to accelerate circulation and use of data as a production factor. Luan Jie, director of the administration's Policy and Planning Department, said the unified national registry will address the coexistence of multiple local registries, inconsistent standards and weak mutual recognition, and implement one-time registration usable nationwide to speed construction of an integrated national data market, reduce data transaction costs and promote realization of data value.