US August ISM non-manufacturing new orders index 60.9, previous 57.2.

CITIC Securities says September allocations should center on three themes: defensive core positions — dividend/high‑yield, low‑volatility equities and gold as a stagflation hedge; structural offense — A‑share resources and hard‑tech names with strong earnings visibility; and a US equity rotation from crowded hardware bottleneck stocks into cloud providers, software applications, compute leaders and semiconductor equipment. The report flags potential opportunities in dollar‑liquidity‑sensitive assets in September, warns against chasing Chinese long‑duration bonds, and is cautious on upside for domestic‑demand sectors. Implied preference ranking: top priority gold, copper and resource/dividend plays; second tier US software, cloud and compute/semiconductor equipment; cautious on long‑end bonds, domestic consumption equities and aluminium.

US Vice President Vance: No major combat operations are currently underway.