US wholesale sales +0.8% m/m in July; June revised to -2.9% from -3.0%.

US EIA gasoline inventories rose 1.269 mln barrels in the week to Sept. 4 versus a consensus forecast for a 1.373 mln-barrel draw; prior -1.173 mln barrels.

At its 1H2026 results briefing, Haixing Power said its smart-water business has completed localized manufacturing capacity in Brazil and South Africa. The company is participating in the smart-meter project of Brazil’s largest water utility. Year-to-date it has secured large-scale smart-meter contracts in three other Latin American countries, and orders from Africa have risen strongly YoY.