Australia's full-time employment increased by 16,300 in July, compared with 29,300 in the previous month.

Jan–Jul 2026, China’s total retail sales of consumer goods and services rose 2.6% YoY. Retail sales of consumer goods totaled 28.77 trillion yuan, up 1.2%; retail sales excluding autos rose 2.7%.

Key News 1. my country achieves key technological breakthroughs in medium and heavy rare earth elements. 2. The National Development and Reform Commission convened a meeting on the coordination and scheduling mechanism for major projects under the "Six Networks" framework, improving the working mechanism for promoting the "Six Networks Synergy." 3. China Gold Association: my country's gold industry chain is complete and possesses sufficient resilience to withstand external risks. 4. Global capital is increasing its investment in Chinese technology assets; over 200 foreign institutions have conducted research on A-share companies. 5. The Ministry of Justice issued an announcement regarding the EU's foreign subsidy investigation practices constituting improper extraterritorial jurisdiction. 6. The US Treasury Department will at least double the scale of its long-term Treasury bond repurchase operations. Individual Stock News 1. South Korean QFIIs have purchased over 300 million yuan worth of shares in Changxin Technology. 2. AMEC: First-half net profit of 2.825 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 300.22%. 3. Seres: First-half net loss of 1.717 billion yuan, compared to a net profit of 2.941 billion yuan in the same period last year. 4. Luoyang Molybdenum: Net profit of RMB 16.152 billion in the first half of the year, up 86.27% year-on-year. 5. Kunlun Tech: Turned a profit in the first half of the year compared to the same period last year. Subsidiary Aijie's external financing resulted in passive equity dilution, leading to a significant investment gain from the company's loss of control over Aijie. 6. Hengrui Medicine: Net profit increased by 0.34% year-on-year in the first half of the year, with continued growth in sales revenue from innovative drugs. 7. Hunan Yuneng: Net profit increased by 854% year-on-year in the first half of the year. High-end phosphate cathode material production capacity continued to show structural shortages. 8. Saiyi Information: Signed a RMB 6.45 billion high-performance computing service sales contract. 9. Hunan Gold: Plans to adjust the scale of its restructuring-related fundraising to no more than RMB 1.05 billion; trading of its shares will be suspended from the 20th. 10. Litong Electronics: Plans to raise no more than RMB 5 billion through a private placement for the construction of an intelligent computing center and to supplement working capital. 11. Minxin Semiconductor: Plans to acquire and increase its capital to obtain a 54% stake in optoelectronic device company Pudan Optoelectronics. 12. Robotec: Signed a 109 million yuan contract for mass production coupling equipment, applicable to the core components of the optical communication laser pump source module technology route.