Euro-area seasonally adjusted employment YoY preliminary for Q3 +0.4% (consensus +0.4%; prior +0.5%).

Phase one of Zhongcheng Hualong (Anhui) Electronics Technology Co.'s production project in Tongling's Shizishan High‑tech Zone is complete and is expected to provide annual capacity of about 50,000 computing devices, including general-purpose servers, AI servers and desktop PCs. Based in Tongling and serving the Yangtze River Delta, the line is intended to efficiently supply domestically produced compute hardware.

European Council President Costa said next week will be a decisive test of whether Russia is willing to stop the war.