The dollar index (DXY), which tracks the US dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.3% to 99.667 at the New York FX close. EUR/USD rose to 1.1566 from 1.1529; GBP/USD to 1.3533 from 1.3485. USD/JPY eased to 159.38 from 159.51; USD/CHF to 0.8131 from 0.8139; USD/CAD to 1.3877 from 1.3936; USD/SEK to 9.5246 from 9.5684.

CATL said Quinbrook’s Supernode energy storage Phase II has entered commercial operation and Phase III’s A$469m financing has closed. Phases I–II (520MW/1,858MWh) are now fully commercial; after Phase III the project’s total capacity will exceed 3GWh, making it the largest operating battery storage asset in Australia’s National Electricity Market (NEM). CATL is the project’s sole supplier; Phase III will exclusively deploy CATL’s Tianheng storage system and CATL and Quinbrook will jointly develop 8‑hour long-duration storage solutions. CATL has installed a unified standardized technical platform at the site to remove multi-phase equipment compatibility risks and support full-cycle safety and efficient operations.

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said on social media that multiple media reports in the past 48 hours about the USS Abraham Lincoln's Middle East deployment were "false." CENTCOM said claims that seven sailors died in a shipboard brawl and that onboard suicide ideation had surged were "fabricated," and that there have been no deaths aboard the carrier; a sailor who went overboard on Aug. 3 was rapidly and safely rescued. CENTCOM added the Lincoln has one of the Navy's highest re-enlistment rates and, after more than 260 days at sea, roughly 10,000 sorties and 1.5 million pounds of ordnance, the carrier strike group's sailors and Marines remain "resolute" with "high morale."