US import price index YoY +5.9% in July, down from 7.1% previously.

Azerbaijan's finance ministry maintained its 2026 GDP growth forecast at 1.7%.

Southbound Stock Connect posted a net buy of CNY 14.002 billion today. Shanghai Connect: Tracker Fund of Hong Kong and Alibaba-W were net bought HKD 2.519 billion and HKD 2.282 billion respectively; the largest net sell was HKD 404 million. Shenzhen Connect: Tracker Fund and SMIC were net bought HKD 989 million and HKD 573 million respectively; Tencent was the largest net sell at HKD 374 million.