据华尔街日报查阅的信件显示，美国众议院司法委员会民主党领袖拉斯金就数据中心保密协议寻求信息。

China composite PMI rose to 50.7 in September from 49.5 in August.

Hong Kong stocks closed higher after a low open; the Hang Seng rose 0.37% to 24,613.27 and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 0.1% to 4,253.89. Market turnover was HKD 187.16 bln. Innovative drug and CXO names led gains and airlines advanced; mainland property names recovered from intraday lows while home-appliance, chip and PCB sectors lagged. Recent IPO HuanChuang Technology (06802.HK) jumped 266%; CanSino Biologics (06185.HK) +17.5%; Joinn Laboratories (06127.HK) +15.6%; Hengrui Medicine (01276.HK) up over 10%; Yunding Xinyao (01952.HK) +7.7%; China Eastern Airlines (00670.HK) +5%. Tianshu Zhixin (09903.HK) -9.7%; GAC Group (02238.HK) -7.5%; SUNAC CHINA (01918.HK) down >5%; Midea Group (00300.HK) down >3%.