At the morning close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Container shipping to Europe slid nearly 5%. Styrene (EB), palm oil and benzene fell over 3%; caustic soda, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), paraxylene (PX) and soybean oil were down more than 2%. On the upside, lithium carbonate gained over 3%; asphalt and live hogs rose more than 2%; polysilicon was up nearly 2%; LPG and Shanghai lead advanced over 1%; polypropylene and soda ash rose about 1%.

A senior U.S. State Department official said the U.S. believes Venezuela needs to rebuild its electoral infrastructure before holding elections.

Longxun Semiconductor (Hefei) is pursuing an overseas H-share issuance and listing on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The company has received a CSRC filing notice for a proposed offering of up to 23.878 mln ordinary shares for listing on HKEX. The transaction still requires approvals from the Hong Kong SFC, HKEX and other regulators and is subject to market conditions and other factors; timing and implementation remain uncertain.