China A-share explosives-related stocks rose in early trade after the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the '15th Five-Year Plan' for safe development of the civil explosives industry. Gaozheng Minbao jumped over 8%, Poly United gained more than 4%; Yipuli, Xuefeng Technology and Yahua Group also advanced.

Syrian state Ikhbariya TV reported an explosion in suburbs of Damascus, causing multiple deaths and injuries.

CSRC website on Aug. 6 showed Shanghai Turing Intelligent Quantum Computing Technology Co., Ltd. has submitted a counseling filing to the Shanghai Securities Regulatory Bureau and signed an advisory agreement with Guotai Haitong Securities, formally taking its first step toward an A‑share IPO. With Turing Quantum entering the pipeline, the competition for a projected 2026 'quantum computing IPO year' has intensified as leading superconducting and photonic firms move to launch IPO processes.