Short-seller Viceroy Research says it is shorting Blue Moon Metals; the stock is down 8%.

UK preliminary Q2 total business investment QoQ +1.7% vs -0.5% expected; prior quarter revised from 0.90% to 0.9%.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said China has noted reports that SAIC plans its first European factory in Ferrol and that Spanish authorities are reviewing the project on economic, industrial, employment and national security grounds because the site is near sensitive military and shipbuilding facilities. Guo said China has noted positive statements from Spain’s central and local governments, is willing to deepen pragmatic cooperation on the basis of mutual respect and win‑win outcomes, and urged Spain to provide Chinese firms a fair, just and non‑discriminatory business environment.