Senior Hamas official Naim said after intense negotiations Hamas has agreed to the latest ceasefire roadmap. He said "the ball is now on Israel's side" and that Israel must fulfil its commitments under the deal. Mediators and guarantors must oversee and compel Israeli compliance to prevent violations. The next phase will not begin until first-stage preconditions are fully implemented.

Bank of Japan Governor Ueda said the risk that inflation exceeds 2% may be too large to ignore.

YONHAP reports that amid recent sharp swings in Samsung Electronics' share price, Roh Tae-moon, head of the company's DX division and co-CEO, bought 3,045 Samsung Electronics shares at 230,000 won each on July 30. The Financial Supervisory Service electronic disclosure system (DART) posted the filing on July 31, showing a total spend of about 700.35 million won and a post-trade holding of 124,280 shares.