Counterpoint Research said global sales of Apple's iPhone 18 Pro series in the first three weeks after launch rose 3.1% year-on-year.

China A-shares closed mixed. Shanghai Composite rose 0.19%, Shenzhen Composite fell 1.19% and the ChiNext Index dropped 1.71%. Combined turnover across Shanghai and Shenzhen was 1.61 trillion yuan, down 347.5 billion yuan from the prior session. More than 3,100 stocks declined. Oil & gas led gains: PetroChina jumped nearly 5% to a high not seen since May 2008, while CNOOC and other oil names rose over 4%. The humanoid-robotation theme spiked intraday then faded; several small-cap robotics names hit daily limits and Yushu Technology-W gained more than 7%. Property, airport and shipping sectors outperformed; precious metals, semiconductors and electronic components lagged.

Intermittent Houthi militant attacks over several weeks, which have killed dozens, are increasingly disrupting Saudi economic activity — restricting aviation, forcing postponement of marquee events and effectively halting parts of the Riyadh financial district — and have driven the Tadawul sharply lower, making Saudi equities one of the worst-performing emerging-market markets this month. Economists say it is too early to precisely quantify the damage, but most judge any windfall from higher global oil prices unlikely to fully offset losses to the non-oil economy central to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman's roughly $1.4 tln diversification agenda (tourism, FDI and related sectors).