An adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader said Iran will never back down on the Strait of Hormuz.

The Ministry of Water Resources' Haihe River Water Resources Commission said Panjiakou reservoir on the Luan River saw a first flood peak at 19:00 on July 11 with inflow 2,250 m3/s and water level 216.21 m. After a short fall, a second peak arrived at 16:00 on July 12 with inflow 3,460 m3/s and water level 218.98 m. The second peak is now stored in the reservoir. To ease downstream flood pressure, operators fully closed the spillway from 13:30 on July 12, halting prior releases of about 250 m3/s; releases are expected to resume at 250 m3/s at 06:00 on July 13. The commission will closely monitor incoming flows.

TSMC will report Q2 results and hold an earnings briefing on Thursday. Analysts see the company likely to post strong results but view Q3 as uncertain. Liao Wanting, general manager at Uni‑President Investment Advisory, said global compute sales growth has recently shown signs of slowing; if management calms investor concerns over AI supply‑chain lead times and shipment disruptions at the briefing, the stock should rebound, but any signal to curb capex would validate market worries. She added AI growth remains positive but not yet strong enough to justify upward revisions, and supply‑chain bottlenecks are making firms cautious ahead of July earnings. Huang Yiting, chairman of First Securities Investment Advisory, called the briefing pivotal: better‑than‑expected results and positive guidance could push Taiwan stocks back toward or above prior highs. He warned that Samsung’s post‑earnings collapse reflected high leverage in Korean markets and is unlikely to be broadly replicated.