俄罗斯外长与伊朗外长在德黑兰会谈后举行记者会。

At midday close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Coking coal fell over 5%, ethylene glycol (EG) dropped over 4%, apples and coke fell over 3%, PET chip and live hogs were down over 2%, asphalt and red dates declined about 2%. On the upside, fuel oil jumped over 6%, polysilicon rose over 2%, and platinum, Shanghai nickel, lithium carbonate, iron ore, urea and soda ash each gained over 1%.

Novo Nordisk said on Oct. 19 that China’s National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) has approved an update to product information for its semaglutide injection, allowing the unopened product to be stored at 2°C–30°C for up to 48 hours during distribution to patients prior to first use. Novo Nordisk said this makes the product the first and only GLP-1 weight-management therapy in China with this delivery flexibility.