US EIA crude oil inventories, Cushing stocks and Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) figures for the week to Oct. 23 due in 10 minutes. BOC Governor Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Rogers to hold a monetary policy press conference in 10 minutes.

France finance minister Lescure said the government will deploy all available measures, including an administrative-ordinance mechanism never used in this context, to secure passage of a 2027 budget that imposes rare spending caps to reassure investors and aims to cut the deficit to 5% of GDP from this year’s 5.4%. With no parliamentary majority making a normal vote unlikely to succeed, Lescure said the government could invoke Article 49.3 of the constitution to bypass a vote or use the ordinance route to avoid rejection or delays. He reiterated the commitment to keep the deficit at or below 5%.

A股人形機器人板塊午後持續活躍，上緯新材此前漲停，長盛軸承漲超18%，敏芯股份漲超17%，宇樹科技漲超15%。