USD/JPY briefly fell about 40 pips to a low of 158.41, now trading at 158.67.

Tianjin municipal Industry and Information Technology Bureau and other departments issued the Tianjin Intelligent Robot Industry Innovation Development Action Plan (2026–2028). The plan prioritises special-purpose robots and seeks to consolidate Tianjin’s sea-land-air sector strengths: maritime/underwater — deep-sea detection, underwater operations and port automated loading/unloading robots; land — oil & gas extraction, petrochemical, live-line power inspection, firefighting/rescue and pipeline inspection robots; air — runway inspection robots and multi-scenario inspection drones (UAVs). The plan targets full coverage of energy extraction, industrial O&M, seaports/airports and emergency rescue scenarios, calls for stronger complex-environment adaptability, intelligent decision-making and autonomous operation, and aims to maintain domestic leadership in underwater and heavy-load mobile robots.

Iraq's state oil marketer SOMO set the September official selling price for Basrah Medium crude to North and South America at a $5.10/bl premium to Argus Sour.