China government bond futures closed the morning session: 2-year (TS) most-active contract down 0.01%, 5-year (TF) down 0.05%, 10-year (T) down 0.07%, 30-year (TL) down 0.30%.

APEC finance ministers met in Hong Kong on Oct. 20-21, 2026 and issued a policy statement encouraging members to develop reliable, accessible, scalable, trustworthy, secure and resilient digital infrastructure. The statement calls for improving digital literacy and skills, enhancing interoperability and strengthening cross-border digital connectivity to accelerate Asia‑Pacific digitalisation. It endorses voluntary, non‑binding cooperation under APEC finance and fiscal mechanisms to advance digital infrastructure financing. The statement urges the private sector to deploy catalytic financing tools — including financing leases and asset securitisation — to unlock investment and lower financing barriers, and to scale up capital mobilisation by integrating pension funds, insurers and sovereign wealth funds.

US President Trump said the US can withdraw from Iran immediately and has done an excellent job.