Japan's Finance Ministry said preliminary June crude oil imports fell 13.7% YoY. June LNG imports rose 6.2% YoY to 4.718 mln tonnes.

China markets opened lower on Wednesday: Shanghai Composite down 24.7 pts (-0.64%) at 3,839.67; Shenzhen Composite down 94.32 pts (-0.66%) at 14,169.97; CSI 300 down 28.57 pts (-0.60%) at 4,710.66; ChiNext down 40.99 pts (-1.11%) at 3,644.98; Sci‑Tech Innovation Board 50 down 28.38 pts (-1.49%) at 1,874.78.

S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 futures rose on Tuesday as a rebound in core AI chip stocks largely offset renewed US‑Iran tensions. Samsung and TSMC shares climbed, lifting tech sentiment, and an ETF tracking semiconductor companies rallied 4.3%. Nikkei reported TSMC plans to raise some foundry service prices by up to 10% from 2027 to offset higher raw material, equipment and overseas build costs. In pre-market trade most large tech names were higher, led by Tesla and NVIDIA; AMD, Intel and Micron also advanced. Chip and AI names had been under pressure for several weeks amid investor concern that AI-related valuations had run ahead of fundamentals.