China A-share communications equipment sector surged; Tongding Interconnect locked at the daily limit, with Gongjin, Zhongji Xuchuang, Guangxun Technology, Seega Technology and Liante Technology also rising.

Germany’s Interior Minister Dobrindt said on the 26th a vehicle ramming into pedestrians in Berlin on the evening of the 25th is suspected to be a terrorist attack. The incident killed one and injured 29, several seriously. The suspect remains at large.

July saw rapid margin‑financing outflows, but regulatory support and onshore incremental funds have helped stabilise short‑term liquidity. External pressures — Middle East tensions lifting oil, higher US Treasury yields and renewed Fed hike expectations — have dented global risk appetite. CITIC says the AI sector’s mid‑to‑long‑term thesis remains intact: KimiK3 is reshaping the performance/cost narrative, expanding workflow coverage and accelerating vertical penetration, and Google’s counter‑trend capex increase supports a compute supply‑demand mismatch. Near term the market is likely to trade a W‑shaped bottom; investors should wait for external uncertainty to clear while rebalancing into low‑base areas with solid fundamentals and valuation‑recovery potential. Key focus: AI (upstream materials/equipment, domestic compute), midstream export manufacturing chains (new energy, machinery, shipbuilding), upstream resources and defensive dividend plays.