US 4-month Treasury auction to Sept. 23: share awarded at the stop-out yield 40.67% vs 23.62% previously.

China A-share film and cinema sector slid in the morning session; Zhongshi Media approached the daily limit-down, while Huanrui Century, Bona Film and Shanghai Film also fell.

Preliminary shipping data from Kpler show three commercial vessels transited the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, down from four the previous day and well below the roughly 15-vessel 10-day average. The three vessels, including one Panamax tanker, were recorded outbound. Kpler also reported the LNG tanker Al Mafyar — listed as ballast — reappeared inside the strait on Tuesday after last being tracked outside the waterway on Sept. 19. Separately, 22 commercial vessels transited the Bab al-Mandeb on Tuesday: 14 bound for the Red Sea and eight for the Gulf of Aden. The convoy comprised five Panamax tankers, six supramaxes, four Aframaxes, one Suezmax and one VLCC, down from a 10-day average of 26.