The death toll in Ukraine's capital Kiev has risen to nine following a Russian attack, local officials said.

Japan's 20-year government bond yield rose 3.5 basis points to 3.785%.

According to the latest US-EU trade agreement, the EU has committed to purchasing US$750 billion in US energy products over the next three years, of which liquefied natural gas (LNG) will account for the majority. However, due to higher natural gas prices in Asia, U.S. exporters are more willing to sell LNG to Asia, causing Europe's purchases of U.S. LNG to fall to the lowest in two years in June. In addition, affected by inventory consumption last winter, the situation in the Middle East and supply disturbances, EU natural gas inventories are at the lowest level in the same period in the past 15 years, and energy supply pressure remains prominent this winter. With the Russian LNG import ban taking effect in 2027, The United States may account for 80% of the EU's LNG imports in the future. At the same time, the EU has restricted the development of oil and gas resources in the North Sea and the Arctic, leaving limited room for local production increases, making energy supply more dependent on imports. Although the EU is trying to reduce its energy dependence on Russia through sanctions on Russia, it may gradually turn to dependence on the United States.

According to CNBC: Nvidia's (NVDA.O) next flagship product - the Kyber rack-scale architecture designed to power its 2027 Rubin Ultra chip - has been delayed by more than 12 months, to 2028, according to research firm SemiAnalysis. SemiAnalysis said the delay stemmed from difficulties in manufacturing key circuit boards at the heart of the system.

According to people familiar with the matter, as part of the Hong Kong SAR government’s plan to promote the construction of a regional gold trading center, Hong Kong’s Mandatory Provident Fund (MPF) will be able to invest in more gold ETFs in the future. Hong Kong's MPFA, which oversees the Mandatory Provident Fund system, is expected to revise gold ETF investment rules later this week. As of the end of March this year, the scale of Mandatory Provident Fund assets supervised by the MPFA was approximately HK$1.53 trillion (approximately US$195 billion). People familiar with the matter said that whether gold ETFs can be included in the investment scope of the Mandatory Provident Fund currently requires MPFA approval on a case-by-case basis; In the future, it may be changed that as long as the gold ETF meets the prescribed standards, it will automatically qualify for MPF investment without the need for individual approval. This adjustment aims to increase the number of gold ETF products available to provide 4.8 million MPF ​​members with more investment options. At the same time, sources revealed that strict risk management requirements will still be retained under the new rules, including: prohibiting related gold ETFs from using derivatives leverage strategies; the upper limit of the MPF allocation ratio to gold ETFs will still be 10%. (South China Morning Post)

Hong Kong technology and internet stocks strengthened, with Tencent Holdings (00700.HK), Kuaishou (01024.HK) and Alibaba Health (00241.HK) rising by more than 5%, Meituan (03690.HK) rising by 3.5%, Alibaba (09988.HK) and Bilibili (09626.HK) rising by 2.8%, and JD.com (09618.HK) rising by more than 2%.