The Thai Finance Ministry said the cabinet approved 1.26 trillion baht of new borrowing for FY2027.

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At the morning open, China’s main futures contracts were mostly lower. No.20 rubber fell over 3%; INE crude (SC), rapeseed meal, rubber, Shanghai silver and alumina dropped more than 2%; Shanghai gold was down about 2% and lithium carbonate slipped over 1%. On the upside, methanol rose nearly 4%, China–Europe container freight gained over 2%, pure benzene climbed more than 1%, and styrene (EB) and PET bottle flake advanced around 1%.