Qatar's foreign ministry said the Qatari prime minister and foreign minister took a phone call from Iran's foreign minister Alaghezi. The prime minister said that while there are efforts to ease regional tensions, Qatar condemns and firmly opposes attacks on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, warning such acts undermine mutual trust, threaten freedom of navigation and international maritime security, and damage efforts to consolidate regional security and stability.

According to a third-party monitor, in 1H 2026, 1,236 private index-enhanced products with disclosed performance posted an average return of 16.25% (17.32% a year earlier) while average excess return over their benchmarks was only 3.11%, down sharply from 14.17% a year earlier. The gap implies returns were largely driven by index beta and alpha generation became materially harder. 85.92% of products recorded positive returns in 1H, including 27 with returns above 50%, but only 61.08% achieved positive excess returns, indicating broad index gains lifted headline performance while fewer products outperformed benchmarks.

美聯儲會議紀要：大多數與會者指出，由於與人工智能相關的需求、中東衝突或關稅，通脹可能仍將保持高位。在這種情況下，幾乎所有與會者都表示可能需要採取一些政策收緊措施。