China's National Development and Reform Commission will hold the fourth press briefing in its Strive for the 15th Five-Year Plan series on Nov 10 at 10:00am to outline measures to improve social welfare.

At the open, China's main onshore futures were mixed. Platinum and glass led gains, up over 2%; soda ash nearly 2%. Methanol, fuel oil, low-sulfur fuel oil (LU), palladium, caustic soda, Shanghai tin and synthetic rubber advanced more than 1%. On the downside, container shipping rates to Europe slid over 2%; Shanghai zinc and palm oil fell more than 1%; asphalt, LPG, rapeseed oil and white sugar declined about 1%.

The Russian Defence Ministry said on the afternoon of the 8th Russian forces used drones to strike Ukrainian energy infrastructure and sea vessels serving Ukrainian forces. The ministry said a dry-cargo ship carrying Ukrainian military equipment was hit in the southwestern Black Sea off Odesa, and a container ship transporting dual-use military-civilian goods was struck at Chornomorsk port. It added the 330 kV Kamyanska substation in Dnipropetrovsk region, previously supplying power to the region's defence-industrial enterprises, was also hit.