Bank of Canada Governor Macklem will speak in ten minutes at a fireside chat at the IIF annual membership meeting in Bangkok.

At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Apples fell over 5% and eggs dropped more than 3%. Shanghai tin, red dates and soda ash declined over 2%; Asia‑Europe container freight and Shanghai silver slid about 2%. On the upside, fuel oil and ethylene glycol (EG) gained more than 3%; benzene rose about 2%; PVC, PVC monthly average price, palm oil, rapeseed meal and polypropylene advanced over 1%.

Greece's finance minister: heating oil subsidies will increase by 30% this year.