歐盟外交與安全政策高級代表卡拉斯：俄羅斯再次對烏克蘭平民發動攻擊。烏克蘭在冬季之前需要更多的愛國者攔截系統。我們呼籲擁有這些庫存的成員國向烏克蘭提供。

At the morning-session close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Lithium carbonate and Shanghai silver fell more than 4%, live hogs dropped over 3%, palladium declined nearly 3%, and coking coal, red dates, glass and Shanghai gold were down over 2%. On the upside, the Europe container-shipping route jumped over 5%, methanol gained more than 4%, fuel oil rose over 3%, Dalian soybean No.1 was up about 2%, and propylene, LPG, polysilicon and asphalt advanced over 1%.

Bank of Japan minutes: a Cabinet Office representative said implementing appropriate monetary policy to achieve stable inf is very important and expressed hope the Bank of Japan will work closely with the government.