Microsoft (MSFT.O) shares fell more than 2%.

China's NBS preliminarily reports 1H GDP at 69.57 trillion yuan, up 4.7% YoY; Q1 GDP +5.0% YoY, Q2 +4.3% YoY, and Q2 GDP +0.9% QoQ. NBS deputy director Mao Shengyong said the economy's steady operation and shift toward higher-quality growth remain intact, and the Q2 growth wobble chiefly reflects some short-term and external factors, hitting certain petrochemical-related industries and coal production harder while other sectors were normal.

市場消息：受熱浪導致河水升溫影響，爲遵守保護水生生態系統的環保法規，法國已暫時關閉三座核反應堆，並可能降低另外七座核反應堆的發電量。