As of Oct 29, 134 Sci‑Tech Innovation Board (STAR Market) ETFs are listed, with total AUM near 340 bln yuan, representing 21% of Shanghai-listed equity ETF AUM—up more than 10 ppt since end-2025. Amid the market pullback, Sci‑Tech ETFs saw cumulative net inflows of about 50 bln yuan over the past three weeks, indicating left‑side accumulation; Sci‑Tech 50‑related ETFs accounted for over 38 bln yuan of those inflows.

At the night session open, most-active contracts on China’s futures exchanges were mostly higher. Shanghai crude (SC) climbed over 3%; benzene, p-xylene, styrene (EB), asphalt and synthetic rubber rose more than 2%; PET bottle flakes approached 2% gains; ethylene glycol (EG) gained just over 1%. On the downside, SHFE silver fell nearly 4%, SHFE tin dropped over 2%, SHFE gold, soda ash and caustic soda lost more than 1%, while international copper slipped about 1%.

Spot gold fell below $3,900/oz for the first time since October last year, down roughly 3% intraday.