A DIHK annual survey of over 3,000 firms found nearly half reported higher electricity prices and more than two-thirds saw heating costs rise over the past year. About one-third said they have postponed investment due to high energy costs; nearly one-fifth are considering cutting domestic capacity or shifting production abroad, and some firms have already done so.

日本30年期國債收益率下跌2.5個基點，至3.955%。

On July 27 local time, three separate shootings in South Africa’s Western Cape Cape Town area killed 11 people and wounded at least three. In Gugulethu two armed men entered a home and opened fire, killing five people (four men and one woman) and wounding one; victims were aged 19–30. In Khayamandi near Stellenbosch four people were killed; police responding came under fire, exchanged shots with suspects, and two officers were wounded; authorities recovered a 9mm pistol at the scene. In Manenberg two men were shot dead and a 74-year-old woman was wounded by a stray bullet.