埃及就位于上埃及基纳省（Qena Governorate）的丹达拉（Dandara）太阳能项目签署了初步融资条款，该项目投资额为6.5亿美元。

巴西9月经常项目赤字51亿美元（8月赤字51亿美元），9月经常项目差额占GDP的2.33%。

At the morning-session close, most of China’s main futures contracts advanced. Methanol and asphalt rose over 5%; propylene was up about 4%; polypropylene, the polypropylene monthly-average contract, fuel oil and synthetic rubber gained more than 3%; styrene (EB) rose roughly 3%. Decliners included caustic soda, down over 3%; Soybean No.1 and apples, down more than 2%; live hogs and Shanghai nickel, down nearly 2%; and red dates, coking coal and coke, down over 1%.