Ukrainian President Zelenskiy said Ukraine is ready to sit down to discuss territorial issues.

Latvian military said residents in the Ludza area along the Belarus border were advised to seek shelter due to a threat to airspace.

At the morning close, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower. LPG fell more than 6%, fuel oil nearly 6%, SC crude and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) declined over 5%, benzene dropped about 5%, and polypropylene (monthly-average and main contracts), asphalt and other polypropylene contracts lost over 4%. Advancers included Europe-route container freight, up over 3%; manganese-silicon, up nearly 2%; and platinum, live hogs, urea, ferrosilicon, caustic soda, Shanghai silver and logs, all up more than 1%.