LME stocks: nickel unchanged; tin down 110 tonnes; copper down 2,900 tonnes; aluminium down 1,600 tonnes; zinc down 400 tonnes; lead unchanged.

美國總統特朗普：黎巴嫩和以色列簽署的協議“棒極了”。

On July 8, in response to hail damage in Hubei, the Office of the National Committee for Disaster Prevention, Mitigation and Relief, the Ministry of Emergency Management and the National Food and Strategic Reserves Administration allocated 20,000 central relief items to the province — folding beds, summer quilts, towels, moisture-proof mats, folding tables and stools, and household emergency kits — to support resettlement and basic living needs. Via the emergency supplies government–charity coordination mechanism, major charities including the China Red Cross Society, China Charity Federation, China Rural Development Foundation and China Red Cross Foundation coordinated donations of 40,000 life-support items, including family relief packs, jackets, emergency food, drinking water and hot meals. Authorities also coordinated One Foundation and others to support repair and reconstruction of damaged schools and to oversee resettlement and recovery work.