瑞士政府：将申请9.7亿瑞士法郎补充信贷，以确保防空采购项目按期交付。

As of Aug. 18, margin financing on the Shanghai Stock Exchange was 1.3673 tln yuan, up 2.417 bln yuan from the prior session; Shenzhen Stock Exchange was 1.2952 tln yuan, up 2.806 bln; combined total 2.6625 tln yuan, up 5.223 bln yuan.

The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) said it has closed 13 cases involving monopoly agreements and abuse of market dominance through July. In 1H SAMR intensified probes in public utilities, internet platforms, active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and driver-training, applying case-by-case enforcement. It said it has normalized oversight of the platform economy, is conducting targeted investigations and assessments of e‑commerce platform subsidy practices and competition in food-delivery services, and is exploring measures to curb 'involution'-style excessive competition.