A Zhengzhou court ordered an employer to pay more than 840,000 yuan after nine slaps during a wage dispute preceded a worker's stroke and death, assigning him 70% of the liability. The case turns on how much causation a court will read into a violent confrontation.
Shanghai's night session split sharply: crude oil futures climbed 4.25% to 758.50 yuan a barrel, while gold fell 3.51% and silver dropped 6.8%. The divergence puts energy and precious metals on opposite tracks in one of the world's busiest commodity markets.
The dollar index closed at 101.811 on Friday, up 0.2%, after trading in a narrow 101.446-102.080 band all week. US equities split: energy rose 2.5% while consumer staples and financials fell, and AI hardware names slid while AI software gained.
China's central bank will inject 700 billion yuan through a buyout reverse repo on October 15, a net addition of 200 billion yuan as 500 billion yuan matures. The move comes as Beijing plans extra local government bond issuance in the fourth quarter.
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