Hong Kong stocks opened higher, with the Hang Seng Index up 0.30% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 0.20%. Sectors such as PCB, chips, biopharmaceuticals, and non-ferrous metals performed strongly. Shenghong Technology (02476.HK) opened up 4.76%.

Australia's June seasonally adjusted unemployment rate due in 10 minutes.

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for June will be released in ten minutes.

1. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved new rules that will accelerate the delisting of companies with a market capitalization of less than $5 million. 2. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill restricting lawmakers from buying and selling stocks. 3. A South Korean shareholder group filed criminal charges against Samsung and SK Hynix over a bonus agreement. 4. The Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for attacking two Saudi oil tankers and warned of potential larger-scale attacks on Saudi Arabia. 5. If the U.S. fulfills its threats, Iran will cut off all oil exports and attack energy and economic infrastructure. 6. OpenAI raised its cloud service spending forecast to $700 billion and will invest $30 billion in building data centers. 7. The 15th Five-Year Plan for building a sports powerhouse was released, aiming to achieve an industry scale of over 7 trillion yuan by 2030. 8. Global chip LOF premiums exceeded 34%, and trading was suspended on the 23rd as a risk warning. 9. E Fund crude oil LOF premiums exceeded 22%, and trading was suspended on the 23rd as a risk warning. 10. Guotou Silver LOF's premium exceeds 20%; the fund will be suspended from trading from the market opening to 10:30 on the 23rd. 11. Invesco Nasdaq Technology ETF's premium exceeds 16%; trading will be suspended on the 23rd as a warning. 12. Harvest Crude Oil LOF's premium exceeds 18%; it may apply for a continuous trading suspension. 13. E Fund Nasdaq ETF's premium is nearly 7%; it may apply for a continuous trading suspension. 14. Harvest Nasdaq ETF's premium exceeds 8%; it may apply for a continuous trading suspension. 15. Huatai-PineBridge Nasdaq ETF warns of high premium risk; temporary trading suspension not ruled out. 16. Huatai-PineBridge China Semiconductor ETF warns of high premium risk. 17. Fullgoal Nasdaq ETF warns of high premium risk; it may apply for a continuous trading suspension. 18. ChinaAMC Nasdaq ETF warns of high premium risk; temporary trading suspension possible.

Hang Seng Index futures opened the day session up 0.50% at 25,041, trading a 148-point premium to the cash Hang Seng Index.

The central parity rate of the yuan against the US dollar was raised by 27 basis points to 6.7906, reaching its highest level since February 10, 2023.