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The HSI opened on July 15th (Wednesday), up 210.61 points, or 0.87%, to 24551.34 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on July 15th (Wednesday), up 36.72 points, or 0.78%, to 4716.18 points ;The state-owned enterprise index opened up 49.81 points, or 0.61%, at 8152.89 points on July 15 (Wednesday); The red chip index opened at 3939.77 points, up 4.37 points, or 0.11%, on July 15 (Wednesday).

According to the Russian Satellite Network: Russian air strikes in the Odessa area. According to preliminary local reports, the targets of the attack included "Neptune" and "Flamingo" missile launchers, as well as the area near Shkorny Airport used by the Ukrainian army to launch drones into Crimea.

It is reported that US Vice President Vance plans to meet with House Republicans at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon local time. This comes as Republican leaders seek to support a new $80 billion party funding plan to fund the Pentagon, provide aid to farmers and implement parts of the election bill that Trump has pushed for.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield fell 3 basis points to 1.92%.

NI225 rose by 1.00% within the day.

NI225 opened up 434.73 points on July 15 (Wednesday), or 0.64%, to 68178.23 points.

According to Al Jazeera: Iranian officials say a bottled water factory was hit by three U.S. artillery shells. The attack caused damage to factory equipment, but no casualties were reported.

Japan’s May core machinery orders monthly rate was -12.4%, expected -4.2%, and the previous value was 8.70%.

Japan's May core machinery orders annual rate was -1.9%, expected to be 12.90%, and the previous value was 15.60%.

Japan's Reuters Tankan non-manufacturing sentiment index for July was 25, compared with the previous value of 32.

Japan's Reuters Tankan manufacturing sentiment index for July was 13, compared with the previous value of 13.

Admiral Cooper, Commander of U.S. Central Command: Iranian forces also launched dozens of missiles and drones towards neighboring Gulf countries.

Admiral Cooper, Commander of U.S. Central Command: In the past seven days, Iran has deliberately attacked many civilian ships in the region and attacked seven commercial ships, resulting in the death, disappearance or injury of nearly ten civilian crew members.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control has sanctioned multiple wallets related to the Iranian Central Bank, and more than $130 million in funds has been frozen.

Trump confirmed that the United States and Iran had held talks on Tuesday and he urged Tehran to reach a deal. Eamonn Sheridan, an analyst at the US financial website investinglive, said that Trump's remarks (in the interview) indicated that there would be no downgrade of the situation in the short term, solidifying the geopolitical risk premium that has been factored into crude oil and diesel prices after recent supply concerns related to the Strait of Hormuz. He revealed that Iran’s energy infrastructure has not yet been hit. It shows that Washington still retains the option of significantly escalating the situation. This factor may prompt traders to continue pricing in tail risks to regional oil supplies. At the same time, confirmation of talks with Tehran amid continued strikes has sent conflicting signals, suggesting a path to negotiations may exist even as military pressure persists. Given that energy infrastructure issues are directly related to actual supply, the market is likely to remain highly sensitive to any change in wording on energy infrastructure issues.

US President Trump: I don’t want to negotiate now. I said, we won't negotiate.

The British Foreign Office: Summoned Iran's charge d'affaires in the UK over the attack by a proxy organization.

According to AFP: US President Trump has threatened to attack Iranian power plants next week if there is no agreement.

US President Trump: The United States urges Iran to reach an agreement.

US President Trump: The United States held talks with Iran on Tuesday.