美国战略石油储备的原油库存上周下降约530万桶，降至2.934亿桶，为1982年以来最低水平。

Hong Kong stocks closed higher: the Hang Seng rose 1.34% to 25,453.23, the Hang Seng Tech index gained 1.58% to 4,782.03. Market turnover was HKD210.77 billion. Semiconductors and optical-communications led gains; nonferrous metals were active; ports & shipping and autos advanced while power-grid equipment lagged. Notable movers: Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (06869.HK) +12%, Montage Technology (06809.HK) and Kingboard Laminates (01888.HK) +9%+, SenseTime (00020.HK) +8.9%, GigaDevice (03986.HK) and Zhongji Xuchuang (03308.HK) +8%+, Hua Hong Hongli (01347.HK), Biren Technology (06082.HK) and Kingboard Holdings (00148.HK) ~+7%, SMIC (00981.HK) +6%+, Laopu Gold (06181.HK) +5.2%. Losers included Zhipu (02513.HK) -5.3% and Lenovo Group (00992.HK) -1.7%.

On Aug. 14 the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ordered the district court to rehear DJI's challenge to its inclusion on the Pentagon's Chinese Military Company (CMC) list, a procedural victory for the company in a multi-year U.S. legal dispute. DJI was first placed on the CMC list in Oct. 2022. After appeals failed, DJI sued the Pentagon in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in Oct. 2024; a district ruling in 2025 upheld the Pentagon and DJI subsequently appealed.