HIMINO, deputy governor of the Bank of Japan, said the Middle East conflict is unlikely to cause a significant slowdown in the Japanese economy.

China's most-active commodity futures were mixed at the morning open. Soda ash and ethylene glycol (EG) fell more than 2%. Shanghai tin, platinum, short fiber, palladium, p-xylene and methanol were down over 1%; caustic soda, PTA and PVC declined about 1%. On the upside, soybean meal and soybean No.2 rose over 2%, rapeseed meal nearly 2%; LPG, SC crude and asphalt gained over 1%, container shipping freight to Europe rose over 1%, and soybean oil advanced nearly 1%.

NVIDIA (NVDA.O) guides FY2027 Q3 revenue at $108.0 bln, versus market expectation of $104.2 bln.