Allianz (China) Insurance Holdings Co. released the Chinese‑language 2026 Allianz Global Insurance Industry Development Report, showing China remained the world’s second-largest insurance market in 2025, accounting for 10.9% of global premiums. The report projects China will continue to lead the global insurance market and act as a key engine of industry growth.

Iran's maritime authority said maritime trade between Qatar's Ruwais port and Iranian ports has resumed.

Industrial Securities says as July ushers in the U.S.-China earnings season, relative sector momentum and relative earnings revisions remain the primary allocation signals. Sectors with strong consensus on AI compute and upstream materials — notably non-ferrous metals, chemicals and fiberglass tied to AI demand — could re-enter reallocation after earlier overseas-driven volatility as Chinese 1H earnings previews arrive. Several companies in memory/storage, fiber-optic cable, liquid cooling and specialty electronic gases have issued strong 1H previews, confirming high Q2 AI-chain momentum; further previews from leading firms could be stronger catalysts. For the North American compute chain (represented by optical comms and PCB), the prior compute rally narrowed into storage and has fallen more sharply recently under overseas pressure; the A-share valuation gap between North America-linked compute leaders and domestic compute leaders has retraced to June last-year levels, a configuration signal to watch. Ahead of the U.S. earnings wave in mid-late July, the market may seek domestic low-base, quality sectors for catch-up, notably the lithium battery supply chain, innovative drugs, brokerages, agrochemicals, refining & petrochemicals, and poultry (broilers).