The governor of Ust-Luga, Russia, said a drone attack damaged the port area.

MOFCOM and six other departments issued implementation opinions to expand and upgrade consumer goods, calling for stronger R&D on key technologies and core components and wider application of brain–computer integration and artificial intelligence in senior-friendly and rehabilitation-aid products. The guidance seeks greater promotion of quality items on the Elderly Products Promotion Catalogue and to drive products such as exoskeleton robots, electric wheelchairs, smart mattresses and health-monitoring, toileting/continence care, transfer and assisted-bathing devices into elderly households. It also proposes exploring a silver-haired product certification system and encourages trade and distribution firms to create senior-product sales zones and place these items in supermarkets, hotels, communities, hospitals, pharmacies and eldercare institutions.

At the midday close, China's most-active commodity futures were mostly higher. Ethylene glycol (EG) rose more than 6% and methanol gained over 5%; bottle-grade PET chips, asphalt, paraxylene (PX) and PVC advanced over 4%; polyester staple fiber and polysilicon climbed above 3%. On the downside, red dates and palladium fell over 3%; live hogs, SHFE silver and apples dropped more than 2%; SHFE gold declined about 2% and lithium carbonate eased just over 1%.