Shanghai Gold Exchange Gold T+D rose 1.37% at the opening of the evening session on Oct 9 to 904.2 yuan/gram. Shanghai Gold Exchange Silver T+D rose 1.54% to 14,675 yuan/kg.

The CPC Central Committee and the State Council issued Opinions on developing new-quality productive capacity, directing accelerated growth of strategic emerging industries including next-generation information technology, new energy, new materials, intelligent connected new-energy vehicles (NEVs), robotics, biomedicine, high-end equipment and aerospace. The document mandates building regionally specialised, complementary industrial clusters to concentrate resources and enterprises, integrate outcomes and deepen product- and industry-level specialisation while avoiding wasteful internal competition. It calls for industry-chain-led, enterprise-centred cross-regional coordination, with eastern regions to support tailored development in central, western and northeastern China. Under a safety premise, it endorses orderly expansion of the low-altitude economy and commercial space activities.

The Washington Post reported a senior Trump administration official said time is on the administration's side on the timeline to blockade Iran and cripple its economy.