Hang Seng Index futures day session opened down 0.94% at 24,455, trading 259 points below the cash index.

BOC minutes: trade conflicts make the sustainability of the economic recovery "more uncertain".

Turkey's interior ministry said on the 16th that Iran supports Turkish actions to disband the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) and its branches. Momeni called for Turkey, Iraq, Iran and Syria to cooperate to push the PKK and its branches to lay down arms and achieve a fundamental resolution to the Kurdish issue. The statement said the two countries also discussed strengthening border security cooperation and joint action against organized crime, drug trafficking and illegal migration.