China's JD.com has agreed a strategic cooperation with Qiteng Robotics to commercialize and scale deployments of Qiteng’s full robot product line across energy and petrochemicals, coal mining, power infrastructure, emergency security and rail transport sectors.

Commerzbank FX team said the dollar briefly weakened and the euro rallied after the Fed held rates but revealed significant internal dissent. Three officials voted for a 25bp hike, stoking inflation concerns; markets read the decision as less hawkish overall, sending the US 2-year Treasury yield and the dollar lower while US long-term yields rose sharply as investors judged the Fed response insufficient to curb persistent inflation. Federal funds futures put the probability of a 25bp September hike at 63%. Market-implied cumulative hikes for the year have been trimmed to 33bps from 42bps on Tuesday.

Bank of England's MPC said its policy stance will depend on the scale and economic impact of any war involving Iran and on how those effects transmit to the economy.