South Korea's KOSPI fell for a third straight session, closing down 0.81% at its weakest close since Feb. 2; defense and battery stocks led the decline.

China NBS data: In October producer prices for production materials rose 0.9% MoM, lifting overall factory-gate PPI by about 0.75 percentage points. By sector, mining prices jumped 2.8% MoM, raw-materials industry +2.0% and processing industry +0.2%. Consumer goods prices fell 0.1% MoM, trimming overall PPI by ~0.01 percentage points; food was flat, clothing -0.2%, general household goods and durables -0.1% each. Industrial input prices: fuel and power +4.1% MoM, chemical feedstocks +3.2%, textile feedstocks +0.6%, construction materials and non-metallics +0.4%; ferrous metal inputs -0.6%, non-ferrous metals & wire and agricultural by-products -0.3% each.

IRNA reported Foreign Ministry spokesman Baghaei said Iran will never consider exporting enriched uranium.