美国天然气期货日内跌超3.00%，现报2.729美元/百万英热。

Bulgaria's Energy Ministry said it will cut output at the Danube nuclear power plant by 120 MW on Aug. 21.

Mizuho economist Yasuhisa Irie said persistently high energy prices are keeping import costs elevated and could sustain Japan’s trade deficit in the near term. He added that until shipping via the Strait of Hormuz fully normalizes, import prices will remain high, and even if Middle East tensions ease a rebound in import volumes could raise import values faster than export gains from strong AI-related investment. Japan ran a ¥634.5 billion trade deficit in July, government data showed Thursday.