China's CSI 500 index futures main contract (IC) climbed above 8,600, up 2.03% intraday.

On June 23 in Islamabad, Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said after talks with Iranian President Pezeshkian that Pakistan and Iran will build an "iron wall" to jointly resist any forces attempting to undermine regional peace and are determined to thwart efforts to derail the peace process. Sharif called the talks productive and friendly, welcomed last week’s US‑Iran memorandum of understanding, and said he will visit Tehran next week.

A Wall Street tech sell-off prompted investors to trim gold positions to offset losses, extending spot gold’s decline and briefly pushing it below $4,100 per ounce in early Asian trading — the weakest close in two weeks. The tech rout, amid worries the AI-driven equity rally has overextended, is adding to existing pressure from persistent inflation risks and expectations of further Fed rate hikes.