The Federal Reserve accepted $795 million from two counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Primary and secondary office transactions in Shenzhen totaled 6,567 units in 1H 2026, up 103% YoY and the highest in six years, the Shenzhen Housing and Urban‑Rural Development Bureau said. Qianhai’s targeted support for cross‑border e‑commerce, tech and Hong Kong‑funded firms has concentrated buyer demand. Leasing momentum carried into Q2 as AI and semiconductor tenants expanded, pushing citywide Grade‑A office vacancy rates down for a third consecutive quarter. Commercial apartment transactions also hit a five‑year high in 1H 2026 after January 2026 cuts to commercial property downpayments from 50% to 30%, which materially lowered the purchase threshold and lifted volumes.

KOSPI fell intraday below 7,000, triggering the seventh circuit breaker of the year after renewed US–Iran geopolitical tensions spurred heavy foreign and institutional selling. Foreign investors net sold 2.23 tln won and institutions net sold about 570 bln won; retail investors net bought roughly 2.7 tln won. The National Pension Service was a buyer, net purchasing about 220 bln won. The market hit a program‑trading pause (sidecar) in the morning and a circuit breaker in the afternoon. Year‑to‑date there have been 17 buy‑triggered and 18 sell‑triggered sidecar activations, 35 in total.