Japan Meteorological Agency said at about 16:18 local time on the 6th a magnitude-4.0 earthquake struck the Amakusa and Ashikita areas of Kumamoto Prefecture. Maximum JMA seismic intensity was 3 and focal depth was 10 km.

Saudi Arabia trimmed the price of its flagship crude for Asian buyers as talks progress on an agreement to ease shipping pressure in the Strait of Hormuz. A pricing schedule showed Saudi Aramco cut Arab Light for next month’s Asia cargoes by $0.50/bbl to $2.00/bbl below the regional benchmark. The cut comes despite Houthi threats to Red Sea eastbound oil routes. A prior survey had shown traders expected Aramco to keep its flagship price unchanged. Brent has slid sharply this week, trading near $80/bbl.

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs monitoring: Aug 6 Agricultural Wholesale Price 200 Index 113.66, up 0.17 points vs prior day; the 'vegetable basket' wholesale price index 113.83, up 0.20 points. As of 14:00 nationwide wholesale average prices: pork 15.80 yuan/kg, up 0.4% day-on-day; beef 67.25 yuan/kg, down 0.2%; mutton 64.59 yuan/kg, up 0.3%; eggs 9.84 yuan/kg, down 0.2%; dressed chicken 17.23 yuan/kg, down 0.6%.