EU foreign policy chief Kallas said the EU will continue to support the International Criminal Court and will use the six months before U.S. sanctions take effect to push for dialogue to ensure the court can continue to carry out its mandate.

Indonesia raised its September price for Minas crude to $115.97 a barrel.

Fitch warned France’s draft budget, which contains €43bn of fiscal adjustments to cut the deficit and ease market concern over public finances, could heighten sovereign bond-market volatility if it fails to win approval. Federico Bariga-Salazar, Fitch’s head of Western Europe sovereign ratings, called Finance Minister Roland Lescure’s plan to reduce the deficit to 5% of GDP by 2027 “substantive” and said its large scale means failure to implement it could produce a pronounced shock.