US Secretary of State Rubio: We are moving closer to a ceasefire in Gaza and the US is optimistic.

Individual stock news: 1. Zhiyuan Robot responds to the proposed Hong Kong IPO: Not true. 2. Q Technology (01478.HK) expects interim comprehensive profit to increase by about 150%-180% year-on-year. 3. Datang New Energy (01798.HK) completed 2.4865 million megawatt-hours of power generation in June, an increase of 9.61% year-on-year. 4. Central China Real Estate (00832.HK) had a total property contract sales of 4.44 billion yuan in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decrease of 1.2%. 5. Centaline Construction (09982.HK) had contract sales of 5.481 billion yuan for managed projects in the first half of the year, a year-on-year decrease of 23.6%. 6. Yue Yuan Group (00551.HK) had a comprehensive cumulative net operating income of approximately US$4.06 billion in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 1.1%. 7. Baosheng International (03813.HK) had a consolidated cumulative operating income of approximately 9.159 billion yuan in the first six months, down 8.3% year-on-year. 8. WuXi AppTec (02359.HK) expects to achieve an adjusted net profit attributable to the parent company of approximately 6.315 billion yuan in the first half of the year, an increase of approximately 44% year-on-year. 9. Fast Retailing (06288.HK) announced its results for the first three quarters, with a profit attributable to the parent company of 339.099 billion yen, an increase of 8.4% year-on-year. 10. China Biopharmaceutical (01177.HK): The application for the listing of Kumoxicillin Capsules for the first-line treatment of breast cancer has been accepted. 11. SSI Pharmaceutical Group (02005.HK) has obtained the drug production registration certificate for potassium chloride and sodium chloride injection (500ml and 250ml). 12. Sunny Optical Technology (02382.HK): Mobile phone lens shipments in June were 95.06 million, down 12.7% year-on-year; automotive lens shipments were 11.05 million, up 45% year-on-year; mobile phone camera module shipments were 41.93 million, up 0.7% year-on-year.

The main iron ore contract rose by 4.00% during the day, now at 766.00 yuan/ton. The main contract of the Singapore Iron Ore Index rose by more than 3%, now at 99.45 US dollars/ton.