Oct 12 CHINA's foreign ministry said at a regular briefing its position on the Ukraine crisis is unchanged: dialogue and negotiation are the only feasible way to resolve the crisis and it supports any efforts conducive to peace. The comment followed Trump's announcement of an 'energy ceasefire' between Ukraine and Russia; Kyiv said it was surprised and Moscow was silent after strikes on Ukrainian power stations last Sunday.

China's auto production and sales fell slightly in Jan–Sep, with a cooling domestic market but strong export growth, the Industry Association said. New energy vehicle (NEV) sales share continued to rise. For Q4 the association expects the sector to remain broadly stable; exports are expected to keep growing and full-year exports could exceed 10.0 mln vehicles. The full 250 bln yuan trade-in subsidy allocation has been released, which, together with local and corporate consumption drives, should boost policy transmission and help narrow the domestic sales decline.

原油系期货主力合约日内集体走强，SC原油上涨4.08%，现报760.2元/桶。低硫燃料油（LU）主力合约日内大涨6.00%，现报5948.00元/吨。燃油上涨4.44%，现报5316元/吨。