Oman state TV said the Qatari prime minister and the Omani sultan discussed mediation efforts related to the Iran conflict.

MSCI is assessing shareholder transparency and coordinated trading issues in Indonesian and Turkish equity markets.

South Korea has delayed a planned June 29 launch of single-stock weekly options that would have covered names including SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics. The move signals regulatory caution after recent market volatility. A Korea Exchange spokesperson said "no decision has been made yet." Earlier, South Korea’s financial regulator voiced regret over last month’s introduction of single-stock leveraged ETFs and warned their negative side-effects have intensified.