China A-share STAR 50 Index fell more than 3% intraday.

The State Administration of Foreign Exchange published a draft notice for public comment to loosen current-account FX rules. Licensed payment institutions would be allowed, beyond existing cross-border e-commerce services, to act as agents for current-account FX settlement and related funds-payment services for market procurement trade, foreign-trade comprehensive service providers and other new trade formats. The draft would also lower the threshold for domestic FX settlement of operating leases by removing a lessee foreign-exchange income-scale admission requirement and permitting lessees to buy foreign currency to pay rent to lessors where transactions are genuine and compliant.

U.S. SEC filing shows Oracle Corp filed for a mixed shelf registration; size not disclosed.