A股大金融板塊拉昇，長江證券漲超9%，方正證券、中信建投、中國人壽、中國人保、新華保險跟漲。

Hong Kong stocks closed higher; HSI rose 0.33% and the Hang Seng Tech Index gained 1.81%. Total turnover was HKD 322.9 bln. Semiconductors, memory, CROs, optical communications and mobile gaming led gains, while domestic retail, China-based brokers, power equipment and rare-earths were among the biggest decliners. Notable movers: 01347.HK up over 15%, 00981.HK up nearly 9%, 02359.HK up over 8%, 00700.HK up over 3%; 00100.HK down over 7%, 03678.HK down nearly 6%, 06680.HK down over 4%, 00968.HK down nearly 4%, 02628.HK down over 3%.

日本20年期國債收益率下降2.5個基點，至3.540%。