US June import price index MoM, housing starts (annualized) and total building permits to be released in 10 minutes.

The U.S. government said it supports Venezuela's efforts toward an electoral transition.

Hong Kong stocks slipped at midday: Hang Seng Index down 1.98% and Hang Seng Tech Index down 4.04%. AI agent-related names led losses—Zhipu (02513.HK) fell about 21% and MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) dropped 13.8%. Semiconductor stocks also weakened: 02577.HK declined over 10%, while 03986.HK and 02676.HK fell more than 8%. Major internet names were broadly lower: Meituan (03690.HK) and SMIC (00981.HK) near 6% down; Kuaishou (01024.HK) and Bilibili (09626.HK) off over 5%; Tencent (00700.HK), Baidu (09888.HK) and Alibaba (09988.HK) down more than 3%.