WTI crude oil up 4.00% intraday at $101.92/bbl.

State Administration of Foreign Exchange deputy director and spokesman Li Bin said China’s non-bank cross-border receipts and payments totaled $1.5 tln in August, with net capital inflows of $62.4 bln, up 4% MoM. Trade-related inflows remained large; the services deficit widened 6% MoM on higher summer study and travel outflows; foreign-held dividend payments narrowed 23% MoM from a seasonal high; two-way cross-border direct investment was broadly stable. Domestic FX market turnover was $3.9 tln in August and banks posted a settlement surplus of $48.5 bln. Corporate FX conversion rate was 61.5%, 2.7 percentage points below the Jan–Jul average; firms’ conversion and FX-holding intentions and overall market expectations were reported as stable.

European equities closed mixed on Sept 15: Germany's DAX closed at 25,415.84, up 0.78 points (0.00%); the FTSE 100 closed at 10,653.56, down 44.01 points (0.41%); France's CAC 40 closed at 8,090.28, down 27.50 points (0.34%); the Euro STOXX 50 closed at 6,237.65, down 22.73 points (0.36%); Spain's IBEX 35 closed at 19,557.44, down 6.46 points (0.03%); Italy's FTSE MIB closed at 51,526.50, down 102.27 points (0.20%).