Fed Governor Waller said further policy tightening will be needed.

At the midday close, China's most-active futures contracts were mostly lower. Pure benzene hit the daily down limit, falling 5.99%. Fuel oil, LPG and SC crude dropped more than 6%; polypropylene and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) fell about 6%. Polypropylene monthly-average, methanol, asphalt and propylene declined over 5%. On the upside, container shipping Europe route gained nearly 4%, while ferrosilicon, platinum, urea, rapeseed meal and eggs rose more than 1%.

巴基斯坦KSE-100指数收盘上涨3.1%，报179,335.30点。