South Korea's KOSPI opened down 3.14%; SK Hynix fell 5%, Samsung Electronics fell 3.6%.

Iraq Border Ports Authority director has instructed stepped-up security operations at border crossings.

At the BRICS summit, Iran president Pezeshkian said economic resilience rests on security and warned that no single power center has the right to determine other countries' destinies. He said unilateral sanctions now extend beyond economics to directly affect food security and public welfare, and urged BRICS to expand trade in local currencies and strengthen the New Development Bank to boost members' resilience. Citing US and Israeli military actions against Iran, he warned that attacks on a country's economy, energy and development infrastructure produce regional and global spillovers and said the Iranian people have borne a heavy cost.