UAE Foreign Ministry said the UAE condemns Iran's attack on Abu Dhabi National Oil Company vessels in the Strait of Hormuz.

Google released Gemini 3.7 Flash, presented as a code-generation and debugging upgrade the company says produces more production-ready code on first pass, reduces developer rework and lowers inference costs. The model will support the AI productivity assistant Gemini Spark and adds safety protections against malicious attacks and misuse in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) domains. Google has not provided a firm launch timetable for flagship Gemini 3.5 Pro, which has been delayed repeatedly amid slower-than-expected R&D progress, keeping investor focus on the company’s AI roadmap execution. CEO Pichai said Google is accelerating model iteration and has allocated substantial compute to train next-generation Gemini 4.

China A-share CRO sector rallied. Boji Pharmaceutical hit the daily limit-up and was sealed at 20cm; Haoyuan Pharmaceutical rose over 9%; Wanbang Pharmaceutical and Zhaoyan New Drug also advanced.