London Stock Exchange data showed feedgas to U.S. LNG export facilities hit a record 20.4 bcf on Monday, after topping 20 bcf over the weekend.

A recent State Council executive meeting called for improving capital-market stabilization mechanisms to bolster stock-market stability and support orderly capital-market development. Dong Zhongyun, chief economist at AVIC Securities, said authorities should continue to monitor policy effectiveness and funding supply-demand, accelerate and deepen the impact of existing stabilization measures, raise participation by financial institutions and listed companies, and track actual cash injections and the progress of buybacks and additional purchases. He urged dynamic monitoring of funding imbalances to avoid concentrated short-term liquidity stress and its negative feedback. Over the medium to long term, policymakers should strengthen mechanisms for long-term capital to enter the market to enhance market stability and resilience.

China's Ministry of Transport said it will continue to suspend collection of special port dues on U.S. vessels and suspend investigations into impacts on the security and development interests of the shipping, shipbuilding and related supply chains until Jan. 10, 2027.