白宮官員：美國國務卿魯比奧和美國特使威特科夫將通過電話向國會通報伊朗和平協議相關情況。

Hang Seng opened lower after yesterday's rebound and slipped back below 23,000, falling over 300 points intraday to a low of 22,685.14. At midday the Hang Seng Index was down 1.19% at 22,752.96 while the Hang Seng Tech Index was up 1.40% at 4,454.38; turnover was HK$139.9 billion. Semiconductors and optical-communications led gains and commercial-space names were strong; yesterday's new-drug leaders pulled back while consumer, oil and precious-metals sectors lagged. IPO movers: Zhenjiankang Medical (02697.HK) +197.31%, Xunlong Technology (06715.HK) +44.5%. Dida Mobility (02559.HK) +90.55% after Tongcheng Travel (00780.HK) said yesterday it will launch a full tender offer for Dida (Tongcheng -4.15%). Selected stock moves: SMIC (00981.HK) +7.61%, Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (06869.HK) +7.94%, Nongfu Spring (09633.HK) -8.00%, Laopu Gold (06181.HK) -5.58%, Yaojie Ankang-B (02617.HK) -9.04%, PetroChina (00857.HK) -4.66%.

Reserve Bank of Australia minutes said it is sensible to use the policy space created by earlier rate hikes to assess economic performance.