China's Sci-Tech Innovation Board 50 Index rose over 2%; Zhongke Feice led constituents, gaining more than 6%.

Sept 15 — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Guo Jiakun said at a routine briefing that Beijing told a visiting Japan-China Friendship Parliament League youth delegation on Sept 14, via Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin, that Japanese Prime Minister TAKAICHI’s Taiwan-related remarks are the principal cause of the current serious difficulties in China-Japan relations. The ministry urged Japan to abide by the four political documents governing bilateral ties, draw lessons from history, take concrete actions to regain the trust of Asian neighbours and the international community, and called on the parliamentary group to help create conditions for restoring relations to a normal track.

Morgan Stanley co-president Dan Sincovitz said the firm is still in a relatively early stage of the M&A and capital markets cycle.