After US nonfarm payrolls were released, the dollar index DXY briefly fell nearly 30 points to 99.67.

Talks ended in Rome on Aug. 6 with no breakthrough on expanding the proposed pilot area: Lebanon pressed to add a new area while Israel said expansion should await completion of verification measures for the first two pilot areas. Delegations agreed on a list of parties that could potentially oversee future verification, stressed the need to maintain the ceasefire, and agreed to seek a new UN Security Council resolution as the international framework for arrangements after the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) mandate ends. Next round is scheduled for Sept. 1.

Japan's Ministry of Finance said the largest single-day foreign-exchange intervention in the April–June quarter occurred on April 30, totaling ¥6.2787 trillion.