France's CAC 40 fell 1% to a six-plus-month low, more than 12% below its August record high.

據英國金融時報：儘管中東戰事引發了混亂、破壞並導致生產中斷，但全球各大石油公司仍着眼於長遠，力求獲取該地區儲量巨大的油氣資源。本週，殼牌、英國石油、道達爾能源、康菲石油和雪佛龍的高管們紛紛表達了投資這一全球最高產油氣產區的意願，並指出該地區儲量豐富且開採成本低廉，其價值足以抵消隨之而來的高風險。

At the morning close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly higher: fuel oil surged more than 16%, while methanol, para-xylene (PX), LPG, benzene and styrene (EB) hit daily limit-up; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) gained over 9% and PTA climbed nearly 9%. On the downside, palladium fell more than 6%, red dates dropped over 3%, platinum and Shanghai silver were down over 2%, and iron ore, peanuts, Shanghai nickel and fiberboard slipped about 2%.