Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: It is crucial to achieve resilient economic growth while responding to the changes at hand.

Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: Seeing positive signs in wages and investment in the Japanese economy.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Egyptian Foreign Minister Abdulati discussed regional tensions over the phone.

The Nikkei 225 index continued to strengthen, with gains extending to 9%.

The Malaysian ringgit fell 0.6%, on track for its biggest drop since June.

Samsung opened up 5% and SK Hynix opened up 6%.

New Zealand KBank: Recommends that the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut interest rates next week.

The United States destroyed Houthi anti-ship missiles in the Red Sea.

Market news: The United States said it had shot down three Houthi armed drones in the Gulf of Aden.

According to RIA Novosti: Palestinian President Abbas said that the killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh was aimed at prolonging the Gaza conflict.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken discussed clean energy with his Australian counterpart.

Market news: Samsung has begun mass production of the thinnest LPDDR5X DRAM package products.

Market news: Australia is implementing reforms to its petroleum resource rent tax.

The UK BRC overall retail sales annual rate in July was 0.5%, compared with -0.2% in the previous month.

The UK BRC same-store retail sales annual rate in July was 0.3%, in line with expectations of 0.20% and the previous value of -0.50%.

According to Nikkei: The Japanese government will provide US$2.1 billion in support for Central Asian projects.