Germany's interior minister said foreign involvement cannot be ruled out; an investigation is underway.

UK July government budget deficit £29.006 bln; prior month deficit revised to £15.635 bln from £15.2 bln.

China A-shares closed higher with the ChiNext Index up 1.43% (intraday high 1.8%), the Shanghai Composite up 0.04% and the Shenzhen Composite up 0.87%. Turnover across Shanghai and Shenzhen was 1.88 tln yuan, about 200 bln yuan below the prior session; more than 2,500 stocks advanced. Gold-related names led gains—Shen Zhonghua A posted a second straight daily limit-up and names including Hunan Silver, Shengda Resources, Fuda Alloy and Baiyin Nonferrous hit daily limits; Rongjie also closed at a limit-up. Energy and industrial metals, components, plastics, oil & petrochemicals, robotics, high-speed copper-cable connector and MLCC concepts outperformed, while pharmaceutical distributors, agribusiness, baijiu, airports, gaming, education, property developers and CRO-related stocks lagged.