France's state-owned utility EDF has signed a €4 billion loan agreement.

The dollar index, which measures the dollar against six major currencies, fell 0.1% to 102.138 at the New York close on the 8th. EUR/USD 1.1209, up from 1.1199; GBP/USD 1.3225, up from 1.3219. USD/JPY 157.86, down from 157.96; USD/CHF 0.8316, down from 0.8330; USD/CAD 1.4224, down from 1.4256; USD/SEK 9.9757, down from 9.9992.

Lan Fo'an attended the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank's 11th Board of Governors annual meeting in Doha by video; the theme was Future Infrastructure: Impact and Innovation. Lan said this year marks the start of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, that the Chinese economy is broadly stable and shifting toward higher-quality growth, and that Beijing will continue substantive policy actions to support global development. Lan designated Assistant Finance Minister Chang Junhong to attend in person; Chang held bilateral talks with finance officials from Kuwait, Nepal, Armenia, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Germany, Italy and Australia on AIIB operations and bilateral financial cooperation.