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Chinese stocks opened lower: Shanghai Composite down 0.54%, Shenzhen Composite down 1.03%, ChiNext down 1.29%. Grain, lithography equipment and crude palm oil sectors led losses.

CFTC data: speculator JPY long open interest on CME currency futures was 178,791 contracts as of the 8th, the highest since December 2025 (nine-month high), up 61,600 contracts week-on-week (+53%). Speculative yen buying has surged on the CME; such positions often reverse quickly, posing a constraint on further yen appreciation and dollar weakness. Rising oil prices and firmer US rate-hike expectations have also begun to sap the yen-buy/dollar-sell momentum.