According to RIA Novosti: Russian researchers have developed a more cost-effective oil purification catalyst, and the new purification method improves the quality of petroleum products.

Norwegian National Petroleum Directorate: The recoverable gas/condensate reserves of the "NORMA" well are between 2 million and 21 million cubic meters.

Norwegian National Petroleum Council: Preliminary estimates show that the total amount of recoverable oil found in the "Velocette" field ranges from 200,000 to 1.8 million cubic meters.

Norwegian National Petroleum Council: Natural gas discovered in the Norwegian Sea.

H&M CEO: There will be fewer store closures in the future and new stores have been opened. Maintain the goal of achieving an operating profit margin of 10% by 2024.

Statoil and Ithaca Energy plan to launch the first phase of investment in the Rosebank oil field project in the UK in 2026-2027.

The Nikkei 225 index erased a decline of 1.1%.

S&P 500 futures expanded to 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures rose nearly 0.3%.

According to the Russian Sputnik Network: The Russian State Duma plans to support a bill allowing the export of liquefied natural gas from the Arctic region.

Polish regulators consider reimposing systemic risk buffers for banks.

British Ministry of Defense: Since the Russian 25th Combined Army has apparently been deployed dispersedly to strengthen the front, it is unlikely that the Russian army will launch a new coordinated offensive in the next few weeks.

UK Ministry of Defense: Two units of the Russian 25th Combined Army, the 67th Motorized Rifle Division and the 164th Independent Motorized Rifle Brigade, are operating in Severodonetsk and Kerry along the borders of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts. Operations on the front west of Mina. Russia has rarely maintained an undeployed army-sized army since the conflict began, which could form the basis for a new major offensive.

British Ministry of Defense: Russia is very likely to put some of its newly formed 25th Combined Army (25 CAA) into action for the first time since mid-September 2023. The formation will enter Ukraine from late August 2023.

French auto supplier Valeo said the impact of the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike on it would be "very limited."

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported that the Russian army lost 320 soldiers in the past day, as well as 3 tanks, 4 armored vehicles, 38 artillery systems, 24 tactical drones and other equipment.

U.S. Ambassador to South Africa Brigetti: The relationship between the United States and South Africa remains strong.

According to RIA Novosti: An air raid warning was issued in the Nikolaev and Dnepropetrovsk regions of Ukraine.

Türkiye will export up to 4 million cubic meters of natural gas per day to Romania.

The MSCI Asia ex-Japan stock index was last quoted at 488.02, after hitting a 10-month low of 486.61 in trade.