Chile's finance minister said the Chilean economy is very likely to have expanded in June.

CCTV’s online editorial said recent price spikes in Zhonggong Education and Gongjin shares were driven by forum “vulgar bets,” with Zhonggong posting two daily limit-ups in four days and Gongjin one, prompting swift regulatory intervention and trading halts. The piece warned these bets are highly exaggerated and misleading — claims such as “20x in a year” — and noted crude hooks are being force-linked to hot themes like nonferrous metals and AI hardware, materially distorting investor decision-making. It said traffic-driven, curiosity-focused content can amplify misinformation via algorithmic recommendation without needing fabricated concrete rumors. The editorial urged investors not to use forum bets as a buy rationale, to check for irrational or red-line trading behavior, and stressed that price discovery cannot be hijacked by lowbrow traffic.

Bank of England said AI-related companies now account for a larger share of equity market valuations and debt issuance.