Israel's defense minister reiterated he will continue deploying forces to security zones along multiple fronts.

The Supreme People's Procuratorate said that, as part of a three-year campaign against illegal financial activity, it prosecuted 13,000 people in 1H for financial fraud and offences undermining financial regulatory order. It said it has refined securities prosecution mechanisms and prosecuted 240 people in 1H for securities crimes — including accounting fraud, insider trading, market manipulation and fraudulent issuance — and brought 1,409 anti-money-laundering prosecutions in 1H.

China's most-active futures contracts were mixed at midday. SHFE silver fell more than 3%; container-shipping Europe-route freight, glass and soda ash dropped over 2%. SHFE nickel rose more than 3%; styrene (EB), stainless steel (SS), platinum, synthetic rubber and rapeseed oil gained over 1%.