Dana Gas said the Holmol natural-gas facility in Iraq's Kurdistan region was reportedly struck in a suspected drone attack late Sunday. The fire has been extinguished and there were no injuries. Production remains suspended while the company assesses damage.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index up 3.00% intraday at 59,203.71 points.

The Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Safety Commission issued a 15th Five-Year Plan to ensure drug safety and promote high-quality pharmaceutical development, outlining multiple regulatory reforms. It will deepen clinical-trial review and approval reforms for innovative drugs and support R&D. The plan calls for reforming review and approval procedures for supplemental applications for domestic and overseas chemical drug production and offering front-end support for major change filings on local chemical drugs. Shanghai will seek pilot programs for dossier-based review of generics to accelerate first-to-market generics, streamline post-approval change processes, pilot continuous manufacturing technologies, and optimize temporary import procedures for clinically urgent medicines.