卡塔尔首相兼外交大臣在卡塔尔经济论坛-彭博社的讨论会上表示，“我们真正担忧的是，曾经被视为红线的事情，比如避免攻击民用设施、学校、医院、桥梁、发电站和能源设施，现在已变得司空见惯。这些红线不仅在这一冲突中被故意突破，在世界其他地方也是如此。”

China State Railway Group said national railway freight totaled 2.69 billion tonnes in Jan–Aug, averaging 187,400 loaded cars per day. Rail shipments of coal were 1.389 billion tonnes over the period, including 928 million tonnes of thermal (power) coal. The railway increased outward coal flows from major producing regions — Shanxi, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia and Xinjiang — and worked to ensure thermal coal deliveries met demand over the summer peak. Coal stocks at power plants directly supplied by the national railway remained at elevated levels.

Hang Seng index futures opened the day session down 0.04% at 24,727, trading 31 points below the cash index.