Samsung Heavy Industries said in a regulatory filing it has won a KRW 444.5 billion (about $322.5 million) contract to build two container ships for an unnamed African client, with delivery planned by December 2028. The order brings the company's yea

1. Monday: ① Data: China's official August manufacturing PMI; Germany's preliminary August CPI month-on-month rate; US August Dallas Fed Business Activity Index; ② Event: G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting, until September 1st. 2. Tuesday: ① Data: China's August RatingDog Manufacturing PMI; UK's August Nationwide House Price Index month-on-month rate; Switzerland's July Real Retail Sales year-on-year rate; France, Germany, UK, and Eurozone's final August manufacturing PMI; UK's July Bank of England Mortgage Approvals; Eurozone's preliminary August CPI and July unemployment rate; US August S&P Global Manufacturing PMI final reading, August ISM Manufacturing PMI, July JOLTs Job Openings, July Construction Spending month-on-month rate. ② Event: 2026 SCO Heads of State Council Meeting. ③ Earnings Reports: NIO, Dell (after US stock market close). 3. Wednesday: ① Data: US API and EIA crude oil inventories for the week ending August 28; Australia's Q2 GDP annual rate; US August ADP employment change, July factory orders month-on-month rate; ② Events: Reserve Bank of New Zealand announces interest rate decision and monetary policy statement; Bank of Canada announces interest rate decision, Governor Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor Rogers hold a monetary policy press conference. ③ Earnings: Broadcom (after US stock market closes). 4. Thursday: ① Data: China's August RatingDog Services PMI; Switzerland's August CPI month-on-month rate; France, Germany, UK, and Eurozone's final August Services PMI; Eurozone's July PPI month-on-month rate; US August Challenger job cuts, initial jobless claims for the week ending August 29; July trade balance; final August S&P Global Services PMI; August ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI; US EIA natural gas inventories for the week ending August 28. ② Events: Federal Reserve releases Beige Book; Federal Reserve Governor Waller gives an interview. 5. Friday: ① Data: Eurozone July retail sales (MoM); Canadian August employment change; US August unemployment rate, August seasonally adjusted non-farm payrolls, August average hourly earnings (YoY), August average hourly earnings (MoM); August global supply chain stress index. ② Events: 2026 FOMC voting member and Cleveland Fed President Hamak delivers opening remarks at the "Fed Community" event; Bank of England Governor Bailey speaks. 6. Saturday: ① Data: US total oil rig count for the week ending September 4. Saudi Aramco releases official crude oil prices around the 5th of each month.

Bank of China A-shares and H-shares both hit record highs; A-shares rose about 3%, H-shares gained over 4%. In interim results the bank reported net profit attributable to shareholders after tax of RMB 123.6 bln, up 5.1% YoY.