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Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 29.80 points, or 0.34%, on Friday, July 3, to 8754.30 points.

NI225 decline extended to 1%.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Sources revealed that U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth had planned to announce further reductions in the number of U.S. troops in Europe at last month’s NATO defense ministers’ meeting in Brussels, but the plan was rejected.

NI225 opened up 79.28 points on July 3 (Friday), or 0.12%, to 68812.43 points.

Australia's final S&P Global Composite PMI in June was 50.4, compared with the previous value of 49.8.

Australia's S&P Global Services PMI final value in June was 50.5, compared with the previous value of 49.9.

US Power Grid PJM issued an alert, notifying power generation dispatchers to start all offline generating units as soon as possible and increase their power to full load (emergency maximum power).

US President Trump: He does not want a global depression to occur during his term in office.

U.S. President Trump also praised Dell (DELL.N).

U.S. President Trump: Micron Technology (MU.O) is a "hot company" run by a "great guy."

U.S. President Trump: Musk is “not happy” with my decision on electric vehicle mandate.

US President Trump: I wrote a note to Musk to congratulate him on becoming a "trillionaire."

U.S. President Trump: I think Musk will donate SpaceX (SPCX.O) stock to the "Trump account."

US President Trump: I think artificial intelligence is more important than the Internet.

US President Trump: There are many Democratic-leaning provisions in this housing bill. Unless voter ID is added, I would be more inclined not to sign.

US President Trump: Regardless of whether artificial intelligence is good or bad, we are already using this technology.

President Trump: (on the housing bill) No problem.

When U.S. President Trump was asked about OpenAI's shares, he mentioned Intel's (INTC.O) shares (the U.S. government has a stake in Intel).

US President Trump: The United States must lead in the field of artificial intelligence.

U.S. President Trump: I hold a very small number of shares in Nvidia (NVDA.O).