Foreign investors net bought JGBs 435.2 bln yen in the week to Aug 21, after net sales of 1,249.9 bln yen in the prior week.

China and India's special representatives on the boundary issue reached an eight-point consensus at their 25th meeting, agreeing to adhere to the 2005 agreement on political parameters and subsequent special-representative-level consensuses, to advance consultations under the boundary-resolution framework to seek a fair, reasonable and mutually acceptable solution, and to establish a delimitation expert group and a border-management working group under the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on China-India Border Affairs (WMCC).

香港天文臺在今日上午5時05分，發出紅色暴雨警告信號。