Chinese A-shares ended broadly lower as selling intensified. Shanghai Composite fell 1.37%, Shenzhen Composite dropped 3.17% and the ChiNext Index tumbled 3.84%. The nonferrous metals sector plunged, with China Rare Earth and multiple stocks hitting limit-downs. Pharmaceuticals led gains with several limit-ups including Lingkang Pharmaceutical; new materials were active and Huanghe Xuanfeng posted a second consecutive limit-up. Agriculture/animal husbandry, seed stocks and banks outperformed, wh

韓國交易所因KOSPI指數下跌8%觸發熔斷機制，交易暫停20分鐘。

China has officially begun construction of a national AI application pilot base for industrial software in Jinan, Shandong. The facility will provide unified simulation workshops, a shared compute pool and industrial datasets to test AI software under real operating conditions. The base will focus on three categories—R&D design, production control and business management—has cataloged more than 100 industrial application scenarios and signed cooperation agreements with over 20 companies. Its stated goal is to bridge industrial AI from laboratory proof-of-concept to factory deployment.