Italy July HICP preliminary MoM -1.0% vs -1.0% expected; June 0.0%.

Hungary's prime minister said the government is urging citizens to reduce energy consumption.

MIIT data: 1H China software business revenue 7.7182 tln yuan, up 9.5% YoY; software industry total profit 899.9 bln yuan, up 1.0%. Software exports USD33.79 bln, up 11.4% YoY. Information technology services revenue 5.2907 tln yuan, up 10.4% and accounting for 68.5% of industry revenue. Cloud and big-data services revenue 887.7 bln yuan, up 12.1%, representing 16.8% of IT services revenue. Integrated circuit design revenue 236.5 bln yuan, up 20.1%. E-commerce platform technology services revenue 622.1 bln yuan, up 5.5%.