Spot silver rose above $60/oz, up 0.37% on the day.

U.S. EIA weekly change in refined-product output for week to Oct 2: +287,000 b/d; prior -156,000 b/d.

Shanghai immigration said on Oct. 8 that between Oct. 1-7 its checkpoints processed 809,000 inbound and outbound passengers, a 3.4% YoY increase and roughly 116,000 per day. Pudong and Hongqiao airports accounted for 763,000 passengers, while the Shanghai cruise port handled 46,000. Mainland resident crossings totaled 581,000, up 4.1% YoY. Foreign arrivals via Shanghai were 89,000; more than 50,000 entered under visa-free or 240-hour transit policies, nearly 60% of foreign arrivals. Authorities attributed the rise to concentrated holiday outbound travel and family visits.