USD/JPY slipped below 159, down 0.37% on the day.

港交所文件顯示，匯豐控股(00005.HK)於8月18日回購了382,400股，耗資6210萬港元。

China’s National Healthcare Security Administration released the comprehensive medical security 15th Five-Year plan. Targets include keeping basic medical insurance participation at about 95% annually during the plan period; extending long-term care insurance coverage to all pooled jurisdictions; maintaining inpatient reimbursement within the basic medical insurance catalogue at roughly 80% for employee schemes and 70% for urban and rural resident schemes; increasing real-time settlement coverage of basic medical insurance fund expenditures from about 70% in 2025 to above 80%; and ensuring maternity allowances are paid directly to individuals across all pooled jurisdictions.