The Washington Post reports the Pentagon has designated its press office a classified space, barring journalists from entering to meet public affairs officers who traditionally answer their questions.

On the evening of June 1 local time, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its naval forces fired a cruise missile at the vessel Sariska, which it described as linked to US and Israeli interests, saying the strike was retaliation for what it called an aggressive US attack on Iranian ships in the Gulf of Oman. The IRGC said it would respond firmly to any US military aggression and did not give a specific time for the action. Separately, UK Maritime Trade Operations said a merchant ship in the Persian Gulf near southern Iraq was struck by an unidentified projectile and suffered a large explosion.

At the open, China’s main futures contracts were mostly higher. Methanol and LPG rose over 4%; fuel oil, SC crude, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) and asphalt gained more than 3%; Shanghai tin and coking coal advanced over 2%. Shanghai gold fell over 1% and Shanghai silver declined about 1%.