An institution says energy-price gains since the Iran war began three months ago continue to boost US monthly inflation. Energy rose 3.9% last month; gasoline jumped 7.0%; airfares increased 2.7%.

科創50指數盤中漲超3%，半導體板塊全線走強；成分股中，海光信息漲超13%，滬硅產業漲超7%，中微公司、寒武紀、龍芯中科等多股漲超6%。

On the 9th local time, the Russian Defence Ministry said Russian forces struck Ukrainian ammunition and fuel depots and targeted Ukrainian transport and energy infrastructure over the previous 24 hours; Russian air-defence units intercepted nine precision-guided aerial bombs, two HIMARS rockets and hundreds of drones. Ukraine's general staff said overnight from the 8th into the early hours of the 9th its forces struck Russian ammunition depots, command posts and logistics hubs, and confirmed recent strikes on Russian fuel storage and transfer facilities.