Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (06869.HK) continued to climb in Hong Kong trade, rising more than 30% with turnover topping HKD 11.5 billion.

MOFCOM, the NDRC and the Ministry of Finance issued an Action Plan to Stabilize and Improve Use of Foreign Investment. The plan accelerates revisions to rules on foreign investors’ acquisitions of Chinese firms, streamlines merger approval and payment requirements, and strengthens interagency supervisory coordination. It permits qualified foreign equity investment firms to participate as strategic investors in securities issuances by listed companies in unrelated industries to enhance strategic investment effectiveness.

CNN reports Israel will end nationwide public restrictions, including those along the Lebanon border, a move cited as a sign of recent ceasefire progress. Israel’s Home Front Command said the current measures will expire at 0600 local on Monday. The restrictions had limited gatherings and school activities in northern communities since the conflict with Iran began three months ago. By Monday morning there will be no nationwide measures affecting schools, work or public gatherings.