伦敦金属交易所(LME)：铝库存减少1500吨，镍库存减少156吨，锡库存减少45吨，铅库存增加86500吨，锌库存减少1000吨，铜库存减少1250吨。

China's NBS preliminarily reports 1H GDP at 69.57 trillion yuan, up 4.7% YoY; Q1 GDP +5.0% YoY, Q2 +4.3% YoY, and Q2 GDP +0.9% QoQ. NBS deputy director Mao Shengyong said the economy's steady operation and shift toward higher-quality growth remain intact, and the Q2 growth wobble chiefly reflects some short-term and external factors, hitting certain petrochemical-related industries and coal production harder while other sectors were normal.

Federal Reserve Chairman KEVIN WARSH said the Fed's job is to ensure price movements do not broaden into inflation.