Australia's S&P/ASX 200 opened up 16.70 points, or 0.19%, at 8,696.40 on Sept. 29 (Tuesday).

On Sept 29 at a State Council press briefing, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs said China has largely put in place a regularized monitoring, policy and operational framework for ongoing targeted assistance. A total of 2.562 mln people identified as at risk of falling back into poverty have been assigned targeted support measures, and authorities say they have maintained the bottom line of preventing large-scale poverty relapse.

UK Labour said the prime minister announced a new GB Grid plan to introduce public control into the UK energy system to reduce energy costs.