Kuwait Deputy Foreign Minister Hamad Sulaiman Mashaan summoned Iran’s ambassador to Kuwait, Mohammad Tutunji, and presented a diplomatic note protesting an attack on a Kuwaiti tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The previous day an oil/chemical tanker was struck near the strait; its fuel tanks caught fire, producing heavy smoke, and the crew abandoned ship.

ALPHABET's 100-year GBP bond, issued in Feb 2026 and maturing Feb 2126, has fallen more than 7% since issuance. Despite heavy initial demand and oversubscription, market participants point to the century tenor, a surge in issuance from global hyperscale cloud providers and rising UK political uncertainty as drivers of the sell-off, saying the outcome was not entirely unexpected. The move highlights broad weakness in investment-grade tech debt issued this year amid rising long-term yields, with additional pressure from AI-sector volatility and inflation.

纽约期金站上4100美元/盎司，日内涨0.44%。