Tokyo-listed Kioxia Holdings shares plunged 18%.

July 27 — Shanghai Guotou and the Shanghai branch of the Export-Import Bank of China signed a strategic cooperation memorandum to deepen strategic linkage between state capital and policy finance. The parties will concentrate policy-financial products on supporting key strategic projects, explore new investment-loan coordination models, and jointly cultivate new-quality productive capacity.

US core durable goods orders (ex-transport) rose 0.6% MoM in June, below the 0.8% expected; May was revised up to 1.8% from 1.4%.