Hong Kong stocks opened higher: Hang Seng Index up 1.66%, Hang Seng Tech Index up 1.43%. Innovative-drug names extended gains — BeiGene (06160.HK) up 2.76% at the open, WuXi AppTec (02359.HK) up 2.93%.

UEDA, governor of the BANK OF JAPAN, will visit the United States and Switzerland from Nov 5 to 10.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Mujtaba Khamenei said a long-running series of US hostile actions since the Islamic Revolution — including support for separatist groups, coup plotters and the so-called People’s Holy Warriors Organization, which he accused of killing Iranian elites and civilians — have aimed to force Iran to submit. He added that recent US pressure has abandoned the usual international pretence and openly sought to split Iran, compel its people, overthrow the regime and destroy Iranian civilisation. Khamenei said those efforts have repeatedly met firm barriers and popular resistance and will ultimately translate into heavy costs borne by the United States and governments under its influence.