FOMC economic projections: median federal funds rate at end-2027 4.1%, versus 3.6% in June.

VON DER LEYEN said the EU will use remaining funds in the security and defense fund to set up joint projects with Ukrainian companies.

At the morning close, China's main futures contracts were mostly higher. Bottle-grade PET chips and rapeseed meal rose more than 3%; soybean meal, SHFE silver, Soybean No.2, short-staple polyester fiber and ethylene glycol (EG) gained over 2%; pulp climbed nearly 2%. On the downside, lithium carbonate and rapeseed fell more than 2%; SHFE nickel, Shanghai crude (SC), container freight Europe route and glass declined over 1%; PVC and cotton yarn slipped nearly 1%.