Tokyo Electron shares fell 4%.

U.S. Energy Secretary Wright said the U.S. will continue to enhance its ability to escort shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.

Financial News, supervised by the PBOC, said the film Niu Lai, released Aug 5, took just 7,169 yuan in nine-day box office revenue with 236 viewers yet went viral on social media; its catchy name led some retail investors to assign market meaning. The paper said this echoes recurring A-share episodes where name- or homophone-linked stocks draw short-term flows—from Valentine’s Day concept plays to event-driven homophone moves—and share the same features: tenuous causality, flimsy logic, rapid capital in/out and ephemeral rallies. When the hype fades, late-following investors are typically first to incur losses.