Hong Kong stocks closed lower: the Hang Seng Index fell 1.43% and the Hang Seng TECH Index dropped 2.89%. Huahong Hongli (01347.HK) fell 9.21% on the day.

At the morning close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher: fuel oil surged more than 16%, while methanol, para-xylene (PX), LPG, benzene and styrene (EB) hit daily limit-up; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained over 9% and PTA climbed nearly 9%. On the downside, palladium fell more than 6%, red dates dropped over 3%, platinum and Shanghai silver were down over 2%, and iron ore, peanuts, Shanghai nickel and fiberboard slipped about 2%.

现货黄金站上4140美元/盎司，日内涨0.74%。