匈牙利总理：匈牙利将首次关闭帕克斯核电站，且不太可能很快重启该核电站。

据电站运营商MVM：匈牙利帕克什核电站由于多瑙河水位偏低，2号反应堆将发电量下调50%。

U.S. initial jobless claims rose by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 197,000 in the week ending July 25, below economists' forecast of 200,000, the U.S. Labor Department said Thursday. The increase partly offset the prior week's fall to the lowest level since 1969; July claims are often volatile because automakers schedule annual plant shutdowns—this year GM kept most assembly lines running and Ford canceled traditional summer stoppages, which may have distorted seasonal-adjustment models. Economists said the U.S. labor market remains in a "slowing hires, slowing layoffs" state.