US June industrial production MoM 0.1% (consensus 0.2%), prior 0.1%.

Volkswagen's works council said it will hold a special all-staff meeting with CEO Blume after the summer break.

At WAIC2026 iFlytek launched GuideX, an intelligent interaction agent that integrates multi‑modal perception, autonomous-agent governance and a SkillHub. GuideX offers perception, understanding, execution, memory and empathy capabilities and is already deployed in multiple countries across Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America. The product supports over 3,000 industry service skills and targets public-service use cases including airports, hotels, exhibition centers, government services and telecom operators.