China's three major A-share indexes turned negative in late trade, with MLCC and lab-grown diamond sectors leading declines.

Deep Blue Aerospace announced completion of B6 and B7 financing rounds totaling nearly CNY2 billion. Investors included Wuxi Hi‑tech Zone Investment Group, Yida Capital and industry investors and institutions, notably listed companies Baotong Technology and Hongrun Construction. Proceeds will fund R&D and industrialisation of two reusable liquid‑propellant rocket families, continue development of the medium reusable launcher Nebula‑1 and accelerate deep R&D on the large reusable launcher Nebula‑2.

At the morning close, China's most-active futures were mixed. Polysilicon, lithium carbonate, glass and benzene rose over 2%; international copper gained nearly 2%. Shanghai copper, coking coal and paraxylene advanced more than 1%. On the downside, ethylene glycol (EG) fell over 3%, asphalt dropped nearly 3% and propylene slid more than 2%.