Renowned investor Duan Yongping posted today that he "bought some Kweichow Moutai." A screenshot he shared shows a purchase of 30,000 shares.

At the open, China's main futures front-month contracts were mixed with more winners than losers. Asphalt led gains, up nearly 4%; methanol and benzene rose about 3%; fuel oil, SC crude and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) advanced over 2%; LPG and propylene gained close to 2%. On the downside, Shanghai silver fell more than 3%; lithium carbonate slid about 2%; live hogs, red dates, platinum, coking coal, Shanghai gold and glass each declined over 1%.

cenc measured a magnitude-3.1 earthquake at 20:02 CST on Sept. 27 in Feidong County, Hefei, Anhui (32.00°N, 117.60°E); hypocenter depth 10 km.