Japan 10-year government bond yield rose 8.5 bps to 2.875%.

Chinese A-share market staged a sharp morning rally—Sci-Tech Innovation 50 rose nearly 5% intraday—but indices pulled back into the close. Shanghai Composite -0.67%; Shenzhen Composite (Shenzhen Composite Index) -1.68%; ChiNext -2.44%; STAR 50 +0.73% at close. Combined Shanghai/Shenzhen turnover exceeded 1.93 tln yuan and more than 4,600 stocks fell. Sector winners were compute-power chips, CPU-concept names, dairy and semiconductors; laggards included physical-AI, precious metals, cinema chains, gaming and liquor. Key movers: Tianpu hit the daily limit; Muxi, Moore Threads and Cambricon rose over 8%; CHINA'S CPU MAKER HAIGUANG, Rendong Holdings and East China Heavy Machinery also rallied. Suiyuan Technology jumped about 13% to a new high as the semiconductor sub-sector broadly advanced.

Turkey's ruling party submitted a bill on corporate tax rates proposing to exempt refineries and spirits producers from certain taxes covered by the cuts, while excluding tobacco and power producers from the tax-cut scope.