Kevin Warsh, chair of the Federal Reserve, said he expects AI to increase job opportunities and strengthen prosperity.

SHFE main gold contract rose more than 2.00% intraday, trading at 894.96 yuan/gram.

At the morning session close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Container shipping rates on the Europe route fell over 9%. Lithium carbonate rose more than 5% and polysilicon gained over 3%. Coke, methanol and coking coal declined over 2%; platinum and iron ore fell about 2%; SC crude and ethylene glycol dropped more than 1%. LPG and Shanghai zinc gained over 1%; 20# rubber, Shanghai tin, cotton and soybean meal were up around 1%.