ChiNext index up 3%, Shenzhen Composite Index up more than 2%, Shanghai Composite up 0.7%; humanoid-robot, PCB and MLCC stocks led gains. More than 4,000 A-share stocks advanced.

Iranian media reports that amid tensions stoked by Trump and rising distrust of the US, several countries—including close US allies—have in recent months relocated gold reserves held in New York vaults to other sites. The moves reflect heightened geopolitical and political concerns as bilateral relations grow more complex, and aim to demonstrate sovereign control over core reserve assets; the transfers also carry symbolic value and prompt public reaction.

Israeli Prime Minister NETANYAHU said a government that relies on anti-Zionist Arab parties must never be formed.