Analyst Adam Button said EIA data showed US crude inventories fell sharply for a third consecutive week, marking the largest three-week cumulative decline on record; he added this helps explain Trump's urgency to reach a deal with Iran.

Chinese bank wealth management firms have been granted two market access approvals. On June 16 Bank of China Wealth Management completed the first interbank FX trade by a wealth manager via the China Foreign Exchange Trade System with Bank of China, executing USD/CHF spot and forward trades. Separately, three wealth managers received first-batch qualification to participate in Bond Connect Southbound; the inaugural Southbound transaction landed at the end of last month and was executed by CMB Wealth Management with Bank of Communications’ Hong Kong branch, which said it proactively coordinated and completed preparations after the participant expansion. Industry sources say the other two initial Bond Connect-qualified firms are wealth-management arms of two state-owned banks.

日本首相高市早苗：我還與法國總統馬克龍舉行了日法首腦會談。我表示希望進一步深化包括4月會談中討論過的關鍵礦產等經濟安全保障及尖端技術在內的各領域合作關係。