US continuing unemployment claims for week ending Aug 8: 1.799 mln, vs. 1.79 mln expected; prior revised to 1.781 mln from 1.777 mln.

The Ukrainian Air Force said on social media in the early hours of the 20th that Russian forces launched a new round of ballistic missile strikes targeting Kyiv. Around midnight it warned multiple ballistic missiles were heading toward Kyiv from Chernihiv and Poltava oblasts. Xinhua reporters heard several strong explosions in Kyiv and reported a short power outage in the Dnipro district; earlier they heard two separate rounds of sustained explosions. As of filing, Kyiv's air raid warning remained in effect.

澳大利亞S&P/ASX200指數8月20日（週四）收盤上漲22.30點，漲幅0.25%，報9076.10點。