US August business inventories MoM due in 10 minutes.

On Oct. 14 the U.S. International Trade Commission voted to issue affirmative final determinations that imports of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells from India, Indonesia and Laos — whether or not assembled into modules — have caused material injury to the U.S. industry. Based on the ITC’s affirmative final determinations, the U.S. Commerce Department will issue anti-dumping and countervailing duty orders on the affected products.

At the morning open, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Shanghai silver fell more than 5%, coking coal nearly 5%, Shanghai crude (SC) over 4%; No.20 rubber, Shanghai tin, apples, coke and other rubber contracts declined more than 3%. Fuel oil rose over 1%.