Sources said a South Korean pension fund is conducting FX hedging operations to support the South Korean won.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs monitoring: June 8 Agricultural Products Wholesale Price 200 Index 113.23, down 0.27 points vs last Friday; "vegetable basket" wholesale price index 113.28, down 0.31 points vs last Friday. As of 14:00 nationwide wholesale market average prices: pork 14.64 yuan/kg (-0.6% vs last Friday); beef 66.55 yuan/kg (-0.3%); mutton 63.89 yuan/kg (-0.5%); eggs 10.61 yuan/kg (+0.5%); dressed chicken 16.97 yuan/kg (-2.0%).

Japan's April trade balance due in 10 minutes.