U.S. initial jobless claims for the week to July 18 and Canada’s May retail sales MoM due in 10 minutes.

European Central Bank kept rates unchanged as expected; EUR/USD was little changed on the session, trading at 1.1390.

Xunjiexing expects 1H 2026 net profit attributable to shareholders of about RMB14m, up roughly RMB16.77m YoY, turning from a loss to a profit. The company attributes the improvement to robust demand in the AI compute sector and higher capacity utilisation that boosted revenue; economies of scale from expanded sales partially offset increased depreciation and amortisation from last year’s Zhuhai plant start-up and raw-material cost pressures, lifting overall profitability.