Canada's prime minister Carney said a technical stability committee akin to the Financial Stability Board would be reasonable.

At the midday close in Hong Kong, the HSI was up 0.35% and the Hang Seng Tech Index was up 0.17%; half-day turnover HKD 107.02 bln. Sector gainers included CROs/outsourced pharma, autos, media & entertainment and brain–computer interface plays; laggards were memory/storage, optical communications and chip stocks. Notable moves: 09976.HK down >8%, 02513.HK down >7%, 06166.HK down ~7%, 00100.HK down >5%; GAC Group (02238.HK) up >8%, WuXi AppTec (02359.HK), Lenovo Group (00992.HK) and China Unicom (00762.HK) up >4%.

WTI and Brent crude swung nearly $1 intraday. WTI is trading at $99.47/bbl; Brent at $105.14/bbl.