Australia July TD-MI inflation index YoY 4.0%, prior 3.9%.

China's domestic futures main contracts opened mostly lower. Plastics' month-to-date average fell over 5%; fuel oil down nearly 4%; SC crude futures down more than 3%; iron ore down nearly 3%. Ethylene glycol, styrene and lithium carbonate declined over 2%; benzene fell about 2%; low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) down over 1%. On the upside, polysilicon rose more than 2%; p-xylene, propylene, PTA and polypropylene month-to-date averages were up over 1%; short fiber, Shanghai zinc and Shanghai tin gained roughly 1%.

日本內閣官房長官木原稔：日本和美國就外匯問題保持密切溝通。若有必要，將毫不猶豫採取進一步外匯行動。