Japan's Nikkei 225 opened up 187.14 points, or 0.28%, at 67,964.66 points on Wednesday, Oct. 14.

Shenzhen’s maternity insurance fund disbursed 6.359 bln yuan in the first nine months, covering 2.1977 mln beneficiaries; maternity allowance payments totaled 4.922 bln yuan and are paid directly to individuals. The city has added eight assisted‑reproduction procedures—egg retrieval, embryo culture, embryo transfer, embryo biopsy, artificial insemination, sperm selection/processing, sperm retrieval and intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)—to medical insurance reimbursement under category‑1 outpatient‑special treatment standards, with reimbursement rates up to 90%.

Nuremberg Airport says flight operations have returned to normal.