Hang Seng Index futures night session closed up 0.22% at 23,983, trading 216 points below the cash index.

Iranian state media said on the 8th, local time, that security in southern Iran — including the port of Bandar Abbas, Sirik and Qeshm Island — has returned to normal.

NewsNation reported President Trump told reporters Wednesday he believes he is "No.1 on Iran's assassination list" and said he is unbothered because he is "doing his job." Asked why he would not use the new Air Force One, he said the new jet is being flown to several European bases for display and that he will return by conventional means, planning to fly an older Air Force One from Turkey to the UK.