Spot gold down 2.00% intraday at $4,024.17/oz.

Spot gold was little changed after the Federal Reserve minutes were released.

On the evening of July 8 users reported Alipay's Huabei repayment page could not be opened. Some users saw messages saying "due to institutional maintenance, bills temporarily unavailable" or "page encountered a problem, try again later," with a header noting "current number of queries too high." Alipay has not issued an official statement; customer service said it has received reports and is handling the issue urgently.