现货白银日内大跌1.00美元，现报59.29美元/盎司，跌幅1.66%。

Government-controlled Saba news agency quoted Yemen government forces spokesman Majid Nuzaily on the 12th saying government forces killed about 950 Houthi fighters in the past 24 hours. He said, as part of "Operation Yemen Dawn," forces carried out 1,879 strikes on Houthi military targets, destroyed about 380 military vehicles, suppressed Houthi firing positions and disrupted their command, control and supply nodes. Airstrikes in Taiz province were said to have hit Houthi reinforcements en route to the front and disrupted attempts to regroup.

At Tuesday's close on Oct 13, Japan's Nikkei 225 index fell 1.82%, down 1,253.40 points, to 67,777.52.