Thailand's Commerce Ministry said it is maintaining this year's rice export target at 7 mln tonnes.

Aug. 5 — Shanghai and Shenzhen combined turnover was CNY2.6596 trillion, up CNY446.042 billion from the prior session. Shanghai turnover CNY1.2087 trillion (previous CNY1.0084 trillion), volume 592m lots (prev. 540m). Shenzhen turnover CNY1.4509 trillion (previous CNY1.2052 trillion), volume 732m lots (prev. 665m). Zhongji Xuchuang ranked first by turnover at CNY67.511 billion, followed by Xinyisheng CNY36.401 billion, Changxin Technology CNY31.379 billion, GigaDevice CNY26.179 billion and Dongshan Precision CNY24.441 billion.

India may levy charges on cooking gas and natural gas users to help fund a planned $42 billion strategic fuel reserve, two sources said, after supply disruptions from the war in Iran. The plan would extend strategic reserves beyond crude to cover roughly two months of crude and LNG demand and about six weeks of LPG consumption. Funding for LPG and gas storage infrastructure would be raised via user levies expected to yield about $1.5 billion a year. The oil and gas ministry is considering an LPG charge of INR1.29/kg—projected to raise about $460 million annually and add roughly INR18 to a standard household cylinder—and a natural gas charge of INR1.43 per standard cubic metre—projected to raise about $1 billion a year.