Oil and gold stocks in Hong Kong also surged after reports of successive explosions in Tehran. The sound of successive explosion has have been heard in Iran ’ s capital, Tehran, Iran ’ s state-run Nour News reported. Axios separately reported that Israel had launched airstrikes, a major escalation in the standoff over Tehran ’ s atomic program.

Shandong Molong up 10.4%; Sinopec SSC up 7.8%; Honghua Group up 7.8%.

Gold stocks shine. Chifeng Gold up 7.4%; Lingbao Gold up 6.4%; ZhaoJin Mining up 5%.