Potential UK prime ministerial successor Burnham said the national government is expanding while local governments are already financially stretched.

At the morning session close, China's front-month commodity futures were mostly higher: palladium up nearly 4%, live hogs up over 3%, platinum up nearly 3%. Fiberboard, lithium carbonate, coking coal, Shanghai silver, red dates and Shanghai zinc rose more than 2%. Lagging contracts included SC crude oil down over 2%, synthetic rubber down nearly 2%, japonica rice, 20# rubber and PVC down more than 1%, and caustic soda down nearly 1%.

韓國總統李在明：將投資於國家西南地區的芯片生產基地。