Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary said US media largely ignore Trump, declining to report on him because his remarks do little beyond causing negative effects, calling it an ignominious failure for Trump.

President Trump said he expects Witkoff and Kushner to resolve the matter.

China A-shares opened higher then weakened, with pre-holiday market volume noticeably below average. At the close the Shanghai Composite fell 0.39%, the Shenzhen Composite Index fell 0.64% and the ChiNext index fell 0.60%. Combined turnover on Shanghai and Shenzhen exceeded 1.7 trillion yuan and more than 3,500 stocks fell. Sector action: CROs, BC batteries and PCB stocks outperformed; PET copper-foil names opened strong and climbed; real estate and baijiu briefly strengthened intraday. Underperformers included coal mining and processing, cinema chains, culture/media and oil & gas exploration and services.