Fitch said geopolitical and weather conditions in Latin America remain in flux, leaving uncertainty high for H2 2026 and 2027.

Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on X on the 3rd that all 27 EU member states have agreed to open accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova. Earlier the same day, Hungary said it had reached an agreement with Ukraine to expand rights for ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine, a move seen as removing a key obstacle to opening Ukraine’s accession talks. "We are one step closer to EU membership: steadily moving towards our goal," Svyrydenko wrote on X.

港股收盘，恒生指数收跌1.48%，恒生科技指数收跌1.61%；半导体板块逆势走强，兆易创新(03986.HK)收涨6.87%。