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Bank of Japan: Will assess the impact of the situation in the Middle East on the timing and pace of interest rate hikes.

Bank of Japan: From the perspective of supporting Japan’s growth-oriented investment expansion, it is crucial to achieve price stability through the appropriate implementation of monetary policy.

Bank of Japan: Japan’s economy is likely to continue to grow moderately, albeit at a slower pace.

Bank of Japan: The impact of rising import prices deserves great attention as it is expected to push up the prices of various goods, including durable goods.

Sony's (SONY.N) revenue in the first fiscal quarter was 2.84 trillion yen, compared with 2.62 trillion yen in the same period last year.

Sony (SONY.N): Raised its fiscal year dividend to 35 yen per share.

Sony (SONY.N): It expects fiscal year operating profit to be 1.72 trillion yen, compared with the previous forecast of 1.60 trillion yen.

Sony's (SONY.N) first-quarter net profit was 342.16 billion yen, compared with market expectations of 265.98 billion yen.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: No comment on whether the government will intervene in the foreign exchange market.

JPMorgan Chase: Lowered Apple (AAPL.O) target price to $340 from $345.

Japanese Government: Japan's top foreign exchange official Jun Mimura will be re-appointed for a third term.

The Hang Seng Technology Index rose more than 1% during the session, after falling 0.7% before; the Hang Seng Index was about to turn red during the session, after falling 1% previously. Zhipu (02513.HK) rose more than 22%, MiniMax (00100.HK) rose nearly 13%, Lenovo Group (00992.HK) rose more than 8%, Huahong Grace (01347.HK) and Alibaba (09988.HK) rose more than 5%.

According to the Financial Times: HSBC has agreed to sell its Australian mortgage business worth $25.3 billion to funds managed by Blackstone Group.

The yen erased more than half of its gains against the dollar following overnight intervention.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Schumer: Trump has cut the budget of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the agency responsible for preventing such cyber attacks, by $700 million, but has not even nominated a permanent director of CISA. There is neither vision nor strategy, just impulsive and dangerous decisions that continue to put the American people at risk.

According to LSEG data, the US dollar rose 0.8% against the South Korean won to 1,434.90 won per dollar.

Local Government: Energy facilities in Russia's Volgograd region caught fire after drone strikes.

Australia's private sector loan annual rate in June was 8.5%, down from 8.20% in the previous month.

Australian private sector lending rose 0.8% month-on-month in June, below the expected 0.60% and the previous reading of 0.70%.

Australia's PPI quarterly rate in the second quarter was 1.3%, compared with the previous value of 0.40%.