US and Brent crude continued to rise; WTI traded above $99/bbl, up 1.02% intraday, Brent traded above $104/bbl, up 0.84% intraday.

National Bureau of Statistics: Unsold area of newly built commodity housing was 753.49 million sq m at end-August, down 1.1% YoY; unsold area within three years was 548.19 million sq m, down 4.2% YoY.

China National Bureau of Statistics: among 626 major industrial products, 286 posted YoY output growth in August. New-energy vehicle output was 1.647 mln units, up 21.9% YoY; total auto output 2.697 mln units, down 2.7% YoY. Steel 114.75 mln tonnes, -5.5% YoY; cement 129.08 mln tonnes, -11.7% YoY; ten non-ferrous metals 7.10 mln tonnes, +1.6% YoY; ethylene 3.60 mln tonnes, +3.6% YoY. Power generation 943.8 bln kWh, -0.8% YoY; crude oil processing 59.07 mln tonnes, -6.9% YoY.