美国8月消费信贷 82.8亿美元，预期150亿美元，前值由180.62亿美元修正为177.4亿美元。

Hong Kong equities closed lower: HSI down 0.62%, Hang Seng Tech Index down 0.68%; turnover HK$94.7 billion. Biopharmaceuticals underperformed—01548.HK and 02228.HK fell over 12%, 06127.HK dropped more than 8%, and 01672.HK and 01873.HK lost over 7%. Semiconductor names were weak: 06809.HK declined over 6% and 06908.HK fell 5.17%. AI-related stocks also slipped: MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) down 3.61% and 02513.HK down 2.73%.

Iraq plans to export crude via an alternative Syria route to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, arranging tanker trucks to move oil overland to Mediterranean ports, foreign media report. Syria’s state oil company CEO Yusuf Kibravi said Iraq has asked Syria to expand cooperation beyond existing fuel-oil shipments. Iraq already uses tanker-truck convoys to deliver some fuel oil overland to Banias on Syria’s Mediterranean coast for transshipment onto tankers. Using the same land‑sea model for crude would create an export corridor that avoids the Strait of Hormuz.