US pending home sales index (June) 72.5; prior revised to 76.6 from 76.8.

South Korea's Financial Supervisory Service held a financial-situation meeting on the 16th, chaired by FSS chief Lee Chan-jin, to assess market moves after the Bank of Korea MPC raised its policy rate by 25bp. Lee said the BOK hike was in line with market expectations but warned that sharply higher domestic equity volatility, ongoing Middle East geopolitical tensions and the risk of further US rate hikes warrant preparedness and measures to safeguard corporate financing and limit potential wider market stress.

Three explosions were heard west of Iran's Bandar Abbas port on the 16th (local time).