道指刷新盤中歷史新高，現漲0.79%。

Spot gold jumped about $20 to test $4,040/oz, up 0.83% intraday. New York gold futures rose above $4,050/oz, up 0.28% on the day. The dollar index DXY briefly slipped roughly 0.10 point to 101.45.

MIMURA said Japan’s foreign-exchange intervention two months ago to prop up the yen was successful and elicited supportive remarks from some US officials; Washington raised no objections, he added. He said contact with US counterparts has been frequent via calls and emails. The yen’s fall to a 40-year low heightens inflation risk for energy- and food-import-dependent Japan (energy largely imported; over half of food imported).