Germany's Economy Ministry said it welcomes state-owned energy firm SEFE's intention to step up efforts to fill gas storage facilities.

China A-shares fiber-optic sector surged; Huamai Technology hit the daily limit. Zhishang Technology rose over 11%, Jiepute gained more than 7%, Yongding Co. and Jiuzhou Yiguai climbed over 5%, while Changxin Bochuang and Tefa Information also advanced.

Since 2026 fixed-income investing has expanded rapidly; bond ETFs—favored for trading flexibility, transparent holdings, low fees and established mechanisms—have become an important allocation tool for institutional and retail investors. Penghua fund managers Ye Chaoming and Zhang Yangcheng say current economic fundamentals and inf trends still offer some support to the bond market and monetary policy is expected to remain moderately accommodative, so interest-rate bonds retain medium- to long-term allocation value. In H2 they will closely track macro data, liquidity and the timing of fiscal and monetary policy, and use sampling-replication and dynamic-optimization strategies to control tracking error, preserve product liquidity and seek higher returns.