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SoftBank is reported to be close to completing a deal for SP.LINKS, a Japanese payments company owned by Blackstone Group.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bagaei: The use of the southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz conflicts with Article 5 of the Memorandum of Understanding. After coordinating with some regional countries, the United States diverted ships from the northern channel to the southern channel of the Strait, and some regional countries used commercial ships to transport military equipment.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bagaei: We originally expected the new British government to take a more rational approach than the previous government. Sadly, we see that it is effectively following the same path as the previous administration, perhaps even worse.
The HSI closed up 243.95 points, or 0.98%, on July 27 (Monday), at 25207.18 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed up 72.54 points, or 1.57%, at 4702.05 points on July 27 (Monday). ;The state-owned enterprise index closed up 94.32 points, or 1.14%, at 8365.38 points on July 27 (Monday); The red chip index closed at 4125.78 points, up 6.57 points, or 0.16%, on July 27 (Monday).
United Labor Union: ICT security staff at Aberdeen Airport accept a pay increase and strike action is called off.
U.S. oil stocks fell in pre-market trading, with Chevron (CVX.N) down 2.7%, ExxonMobil (XOM.N) down 2.9%, and ConocoPhillips (COP.N) down 3.2%.
At the close of Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index closed up 0.98%, and the Stock Exchange Index closed up 1.57%; MiniMax (00100.HK) rose more than 17%, and Xiaomi Group (01810.HK) rose more than 7.3%.
ECB Governing Council member Kazmir: Once the second wave of inflation takes hold, the cost of reversing it will be extremely high; the ECB must act before these effects materialize.
U.S. storage concept stocks rose before the market opened, with SK Hynix (SKHY.O) rising 6%, Micron Technology (MU.O) rising 3.6%, SanDisk (SNDK.O) rising 5%, and Seagate Technology (STX.O) rising 3.9%. Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose 1% before the market opened, Intel (INTC.O) rose 3%, and Broadcom (AVGO.O) rose 2%.
LSEG data shows that Germany's off-site intraday baseload electricity price is 120.50 euros per megawatt hour, a 56.3% increase from the price paid last Friday for Monday delivery.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bagaei: The mediator conveyed information from the United States to us, but we are currently not negotiating with Washington.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bagaei: Iran has not requested the resumption of negotiations with the United States.
Germany's IFO business climate index for July is due in ten minutes.
India's Bombay Stock Exchange SENSEX index rose 1%.
Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Bagaei: Some Gulf countries participated in the US war against Iran.
French Finance Minister: The impact of these forest fires is like a "lightning strike" on the economy.
U.S. S&P 500 futures rose 0.87%, Nasdaq 100 futures rose 1.45%, and Dow Jones futures rose 0.87%.
Ukrainian President Zelensky: Ukraine attacked the Russian export terminal in the Rostov region, and oil facilities in the Yaroslav region and the Udmurt region were also affected.
French industrial technology company Lectra announced that it has temporarily closed its factory in Bordeaux-Sesta due to a fire nearby.
Russian Ministry of Defense: The Russian Armed Forces continued to carry out attacks on Ukrainian ports used to transport supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces at night. In the port of Nikolayev, two cargo ships unloading military supplies were attacked by Russian attack drones.