Spot silver fell more than $1 intraday to $66.26/oz, down 1.50%.

China A-share culture and media sector slid again; China Publishing hit the daily limit-down. Publishing Media, Citic Publishing, Reader Media, Sanrenxing and Dasheng Culture each dropped over 6%.

OPEC secondary sources show August crude output rose 346,000 bpd to 24.081 mln bpd. Iraq led gains, +664,000 bpd to 3.378 mln bpd; Iran fell 399,000 bpd to 2.086 mln bpd. Saudi output declined 75,000 bpd to 7.276 mln bpd. UAE +54,000 bpd to 3.835 mln bpd; Kuwait +49,000 bpd to 1.894 mln bpd; Nigeria +35,000 bpd to 1.573 mln bpd; Venezuela +23,000 bpd to 1.145 mln bpd; Libya -9,000 bpd to 1.355 mln bpd. Smaller moves: Gabon +10,000 bpd to 217,000 bpd; Algeria +5,000 bpd to 999,000 bpd; Guinea -8,000 bpd to 47,000 bpd; Congo -1,000 bpd to 275,000 bpd.