A-share insurers advanced: New China Life and China Life rose more than 4%, Ping An gained over 2%; PICC and CPIC also higher.

Russian Defence Ministry said over the past 24 hours Russian forces struck oil refining facilities controlled by Ukrainian armed forces, along with fuel, energy and transport infrastructure.

Baghaei, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman traveling with the Iranian negotiating delegation to Switzerland, said on his personal social media on the 21st that Iran will rigorously follow up on US fulfilment of its commitments. The Switzerland meeting aimed to track implementation of clauses in the Iran–US memorandum of understanding; under Article 13, launching final-agreement talks depends on execution of Articles 1, 4, 5, 10 and 11. Article 1 — ending wars on all fronts, including Lebanon — must be implemented before final negotiations can begin. Talks focused on implementing those clauses, especially Article 1, and reviewed measures to execute Article 10 (Iran oil exports) and Article 11 (unfreezing frozen Iranian assets).