Interfax reports Putin supports a Russian government reshuffle.

Japan 20-year government bond yield fell 1.5 bps to 3.790%.

On the evening of the 18th (local time), incumbent President and Workers' Party candidate Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro and the Liberal Party candidate, met in their first head-to-head televised debate of the campaign. First-round voting on the 4th of this month returned Flavio with about 47% of valid votes, roughly two percentage points ahead of Lula. The pair advance to a runoff on the 25th.