Soda ash most-active futures contract touched CNY1,000/tonne, up 4.28% intraday, the highest since July 27.

UK July BRC same-store retail sales YoY 1.0%, down from 1.7% prior.

Intel priced a registered common stock offering at $95 per share, selling 210.0 million shares. Underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to 31,578,947 additional shares. The deal size was increased from $15.0 billion to $20.0 billion and is expected to settle on Aug. 12, subject to customary closing conditions. Net proceeds are expected to be about $19.7 billion assuming the option is not exercised.