埃及與Alcazar Energy簽署了紅海地區Gabal El Zeit風電場的投資、運營及購電協議，交易總額達4.2億美元。

Chinese equities pared early losses by midday. Shanghai Composite was down 1.26% at the break, Shenzhen Composite down 2.49% and the ChiNext Index down 2.83% after an open that saw Shanghai fall over 2% and Shenzhen/ChiNext fall over 3%. Oilfield services and oil & gas exploration led gains — Keli Co. +14%, Tongyuan Petroleum +6% — while speed-reducer names rallied, with Fengguang Precision hitting the daily limit, Lude Harmonic +11% and Ningbo Dongli also limit-up. Construction machinery names spiked then pulled back; Wantong Hydraulics +17%. Insurers, banks and automation-equipment stocks showed early strength; MLCC, precious metals, CPO, semiconductors and airport/airline-related names lagged. Combined Shanghai-Shenzhen turnover for the half session was about 1.77 tln yuan, down 109.7 bln yuan versus the same period yesterday. Market breadth: roughly 900 advancers and 4,500 decliners.

A-share culture and media sector saw a localized rally; Xinhua Media hit the daily limit-up, Fantuo Shuchuang and Tianyu Shuke had earlier hit limit-up, while Liujin Technology, Yue Media and Rongxin Culture also advanced.