Rosstat said Russian retail sales rose 5.4% YoY in January–July.

{"title":"Hong Kong close: HSI slips after early gains; gold miners extend rally","content":"Hong Kong stocks faded after a modest early rise. HSI fell 0.39% and the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 1.08%. Gold miners outperformed: Tongguan Gold (00340.HK) up >9%, Zijin Gold International (02259.HK) up >7%, Lingbao Gold (03330.HK) up >5%. Mainland property names rebounded: Yuexiu Property (00123.HK) up >5%, Xincheng Development Holdings (01030.HK) up >3%. Weichai Power (02338.HK) gained >3%; Cosco Shipping Energy (01138.HK) jumped >6%. Sector gainers included airlines, nuclear power, innovative drugs, power semiconductors, Chinese brokers and logistics. Decliners included batteries, marquee internet names, mainland banks, cloud computing, AI applications and ADAS. Notable movers: Tianshu Zhixin (09903.HK) up >9%; Xiyin-W (00625.HK) down >8% on its third trading day."

BofA (BAC.N) vice president Irene Piacentini, who led business selection and conflicts-of-interest matters, has been identified as the victim in a stabbing near Times Square in Manhattan. Police say a female attacker stabbed a 32-year-old woman and a 68-year-old man at West 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue around 4:30 p.m. local time; officers shot the suspect dead and Piacentini died in hospital of her injuries.