US ADP private payrolls for week ended Aug 1 due in 10 minutes.

Ant Group plans to sell a 3% stake in Indian digital payments and fintech firm Paytm for $309 million.

Hong Kong stocks opened lower: Hang Seng fell 0.65% to 25,287.25 and the Hang Seng Tech Index dropped 1.99% to 4,686.98. Large-model/AI concept names and PCB plays led declines while planting/agriculture and innovative drug stocks outperformed. Post-results winners included Chow Sang Sang (00116.HK) +16%, GenScript Biotech (01548.HK) +7.6%, WuXi Biologics (02269.HK) +5% and Shandong Molong (00568.HK) +4%. Heavy losers: Zhipu (02513.HK) down over 16%—shares touched HK$1,000 intraday; MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) -12%, Xunce (03317.HK) -8%, Tianshu Zhixin (09903.HK) -7.7%, Kingboard Laminates (01888.HK) -7%, Horizon Robotics (09660.HK), Shenghong Technology (02476.HK) and Lanqi Technology (06809.HK) down more than 6%, SenseTime (00020.HK) -6% and Kingboard Group (00148.HK) down over 5%.