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At a State Council Information Office briefing, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MOHURD) said completed-home sales are the prevailing trend and urged new projects to prioritize sales of completed properties to prevent sell-before-delivery risks. Citing National Bureau of Statistics data, MOHURD said completed-home sales area has grown and its share of new-home sales has risen in recent years. It called for coordinated land, financial and tax support for projects that opt for completed-sales and said where presales are used authorities should strengthen presale fund supervision to protect buyers' legal rights.

At the night-session open, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower: coking coal fell over 2% and Shanghai crude (SC) dropped nearly 2%. Rapeseed meal, coke, soybean meal and Soybean No.2 declined more than 1%; Soybean No.1 was down about 1%. Benzene, Shanghai silver, pulp and offset paper rose over 1%.