捷克汽车工业协会表示，今年1月至9月，捷克乘用车产量同比增长0.6%，达到1,095,937辆。

China's National Bureau of Statistics: Jan-Sep retail sales of consumer goods totaled 32.8032 tln yuan, up 1.0% YoY; catering revenue totaled 4.1969 tln yuan, up 2.4% YoY.

Monday morning Gulf stocks were subdued after a tanker explosion in the Strait of Hormuz and continued uncertainty over when the shipping lane will reopen. Saudi Arabia’s TASI fell 0.3%, weighed by a 1.7% drop in a major mining stock and a 0.8% decline in Saudi National Bank. Dubai’s DFMGI was flat. Abu Dhabi’s FTFADGI slipped 0.2%. Qatar’s QSI fell 0.5% to its lowest level in more than six years.