At the midday close, China’s main futures contracts were mixed. Asphalt jumped nearly 7%, methanol hit the daily upper limit, and fuel oil, polypropylene and propylene rose more than 5%; the monthly-average polypropylene contract is up nearly 5%. LPG gained about 4% and plastics rose over 3%. On the downside, caustic soda plunged over 5%; apples and red dates fell more than 3%; live hogs dropped nearly 3%. Soybean No.1 and SHFE nickel slipped over 2%, polysilicon fell nearly 2% and SHFE silver d

At a Michigan campaign rally US President Trump attacked Norway for not awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize, calling the country "terrible" and saying he had ended eight wars with two more to be resolved. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide dismissed the comments as campaign-driven and linked them to Trump’s weak electoral position.

Iran’s Supreme National Security Council deputy secretary Bagheri said Saudi Defense Minister Khalid bin Salman, Pakistan Army Chief Asim Munir and Turkey’s intelligence chief Ibrahim Kalin will visit Tehran and attend a joint meeting. Bagheri said Munir had earlier told Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei that the three had decided to visit Tehran for talks, and that Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan could, with Iran, draw on Iran’s experience during what he called the 'third imposed war' to help build a region-led West Asia security mechanism.