CFTC: For the week to Sept. 1, speculative traders increased net short positions in CBOT U.S. Treasury futures by 12,258 contracts to 199,501 contracts.

US oil rigs totaled 449 in the week to Sep 4, up from 447 the prior week.

Guangdong Securities Regulatory Bureau said it co-hosted a bond-market exchange with the Shenzhen Stock Exchange to implement the 15th Five-Year Plan objective of mobilizing existing assets, expanding asset securitization and raising the share of direct financing. The recent program used site visits, targeted training and roundtables to strengthen multi-tier bond‑market functions and help firms use bond financing, REITs and asset‑backed securities to unlock assets and expand effective investment. Training covered multi-tier bond and REITs markets, ABS review points, policy and product frameworks; roundtables focused on corporate bond registration and issuance, REITs issuance and ABS product innovation.