韓國KOSPI指數跌幅收窄至不足6%，此前一度重挫近9%。

PBOC conducted CNY 231.5 bln of 7-day reverse repos today; with no reverse-repo maturities, net injection was CNY 231.5 bln. This week the PBOC supplied CNY 2,265.5 bln of 7-day reverse repos and CNY 500.0 bln of 1-year MLF; maturities totaled CNY 1,935.8 bln of 7-day reverse repos and CNY 300.0 bln of 1-year MLF, yielding an aggregate net injection of CNY 529.7 bln for the week.

Two US senior officials told the Wall Street Journal that Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps attacked a Singapore-flagged freighter in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, an incident that tests last week’s US-Iran agreement to end hostilities and reopen the vital shipping lane. The UK Maritime Trade Operations said the vessel’s wheelhouse was damaged but there were no injuries; the strike occurred near Oman’s coast. Iranian paramilitary naval forces had warned hours earlier that ships must not use unapproved routes.