Korea's Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) chief Lee Chan-jin apologized for failing to act to block listings of single-stock leveraged ETFs, saying their launch had "to some extent" increased market volatility. At a National Assembly oversight hearing on the 19th, a People Power Party lawmaker cited post-listing headlines calling the week "Black Monday" through "Black Friday"; Lee reiterated the ETFs had an effect "to some extent" and added that Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix had shown prono

China September urban fixed-asset investment MoM +0.07%; prior -0.50%.

China's industrial enterprises above designated size produced 390 mln t of raw coal in September, down 6.8% YoY, a 0.9 percentage-point narrowing from August; daily average 12.84 mln t. Jan–Sep raw coal output totaled 3.45 bln t, down 3.5% YoY. Crude oil production in September was 18.21 mln t, up 2.2% YoY and accelerating 1.4 percentage points from August; daily average 607 kt. Jan–Sep crude production was 164.6 mln t, up 1.0% YoY. Crude oil processing fell further: September throughput 57.48 mln t, down 8.4% YoY (decline widened 1.5 percentage points vs August); daily average 1.916 mln t. Jan–Sep crude processing totaled 513.6 mln t, down 6.8% YoY.