日本首相高市早苗：普京访问该岛使日俄双边关系恢复更加困难。

NHC: Storm near the Cape Verde Islands has an 80% probability of developing into a cyclone within 48 hours.

Hang Seng rebounded from an opening drop to finish up 0.07% at 25,457.33 at midday after opening more than 150 points lower; Hang Seng Tech gained 0.30% to 4,790.56. Market turnover reached HKD 132.03 bln. Compute-hardware stocks led sector gains, with storage and optical-communications sub-sectors outperforming; nonferrous metals were the weakest group. Innovative-drug names recovered after an early dip. Selected movers: Cambridge Technology (06166.HK) +15.37%, Shengbang (03661.HK) +7.69%, CSPC PHARMA (01093.HK) +5.76%; Tencent Holdings (00700.HK) fell 3.81% after results; Lingbao Gold (03330.HK) -6.78%; Aluminum Corp of China (02600.HK) -5.01%.