UK foreign secretary says the UK will continue to assess the situation based on actions by the Israeli government.

China's producer price index rose 3.8% YoY in August, up 0.3 percentage points from July, the National Bureau of Statistics said. Biggest upward contributors were coal mining and washing (+26.6%), non‑ferrous metal smelting and rolling (+20.8%), oil and gas extraction (+10.5%), petroleum, coal and other fuel processing (+11.1%), manufacture of chemical raw materials and chemical products (+9.1%), electrical machinery and equipment manufacturing (+5.9%) and computer, communication and other electronic equipment manufacturing (+5.3%); those seven sectors added about 4.24 percentage points to PPI YoY, 0.37ppt more than last month. Largest downward contributors were electricity and heat production and supply, automobile manufacturing, non‑metallic mineral products, pharmaceutical manufacturing, beverage and refined tea manufacturing, and agricultural and sideline food processing, which fell 1.7%–5.3% and together subtracted about 0.74 percentage points from PPI YoY.

China A-share alternative sweetener sector extended gains; Yasheng Group recorded a fifth consecutive daily limit-up, COFCO Technology and Hongmian posted second straight limit-ups, Huakang hit the daily limit, and Baolingbao and Huazi Industrial also rose.