LME on-warrant and canceled-warrant figures: Copper on warrants 220,825 t, down 25 t; canceled warrants 52,150 t, down 750 t. Aluminum on warrants 220,950 t, down 400 t; canceled warrants 13,100 t, down 1,350 t. Zinc on warrants 133,700 t, up 50 t; canceled warrants 33,250 t, down 125 t. Nickel on warrants 259,284 t, down 144 t; canceled warrants 20,658 t, down 588 t. Lead on warrants 249,850 t, down 1,125 t; canceled warrants 68,800 t, down 2,400 t. Tin on warrants 3,670 t, down 30 t; canceled

Reuters sources say no agreement has been reached to buy chipmaking equipment from ASML, making Vietnam’s first semiconductor fab unlikely to begin trial production in 2027. The planned site on Hanoi’s outskirts remains overgrown; Planet Labs imagery in January and Airbus imagery in October show no buildings. A person familiar with the project said the 2027 target is probably unattainable due to developer Viettel’s lack of fab-construction experience and administrative hurdles to quickly securing government funding.

A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck Afghanistan.