YONHAP reports South Korean authorities plan to visit Kazakhstan to strengthen fisheries and aquaculture ties.

ChiNext Index fell 1%; Shenzhen Composite and Shanghai Composite each declined 0.4%. MLCC, lab-grown diamond and memory-chip sectors led losses.

Mon — China releases Q3 GDP, Sept retail sales and industrial output; National Bureau publishes monthly new-home prices for 70 large/medium cities; State Council press briefing on economic conditions; Financial Street Forum annual meeting opens in Beijing (runs to Oct 22); Hong Kong market closed one day, Stock Connect north- and southbound trading suspended. Tue — One‑year LPR to Oct 20 released; Germany Sept PPI; UK Sept unemployment; US ADP payrolls (week to Oct 3), building permits and housing starts (annualized), pending home sales index; China reports YTD power generation capacity to Sept; Financial Street Forum continues; APEC finance ministers meet in Hong Kong Oct 20–21; CATL earnings; NSE closed one day. Wed — US API crude stocks (week to Oct 16); UK Sept CPI and RPI; EIA crude, SPR and Cushing inventories; Financial Street Forum continues; Bank of England Governor Bailey speaks; Meta and Tesla report results. Thu — Swift RMB global payments share for Sept; US initial jobless claims (week to Oct 17); Eurozone Oct consumer confidence (flash); US Sep Conference Board leading index; EIA US weekly natural gas inventory; Financial Street Forum continues; ECB President Lagarde speaks; China Telecom reports. Fri — Japan Sept core CPI (YoY); UK Sept retail sales (adj.); Oct flash manufacturing PMIs for France, Germany, eurozone and UK; US Oct flash S&P Global manufacturing and services PMIs and University of Michigan final consumer sentiment; Russian central bank policy decision; China Unicom reports. Sat — US rotary rig count (week to Oct 23); CFTC weekly commitment of traders report. Sun — Multiple European countries shift to winter time; European trading hours and macro data release times move later by one hour.