China's lithium carbonate most-active futures contract extended losses, down more than 3% to 156,880 yuan/ton.

U.S. EIA heating oil inventories fell 427,000 barrels in the week to July 3, versus a 310,000-barrel draw in the prior week.

On the afternoon of the 9th (local time), South Korea's Supreme Court sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to 7 years for obstructing an arrest. The court found that after declaring emergency measures at the end of 2024, Yoon in early 2025 used the presidential security service to prevent the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and other agencies from executing an arrest. This is the Supreme Court's first final ruling among several cases tied to the emergency-martial-law episode. Seoul Central District Court handed a 5-year sentence at first instance in January 2026; the Seoul High Court upheld a 7-year term on appeal in April 2026.