Market news: Nissan, Honda and Mitsubishi Motors signed a memorandum of understanding on cooperation.

Citi/Yougov survey: UK 5- to 10-year inflation expectations were 3.1% in July, compared with 3% in June; UK one-year inflation expectations were 2.7%, compared with 2.6% in June.

German Geoscience Research Center GFZ: A 5.3-magnitude earthquake occurred in southern Italy.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): Money market assets fell to $6.13 trillion in the week ending July 31, the second consecutive week of decline.

According to Nikkei: Japanese startup Zip Infrastructure plans to test self-driving aerial trams in the Philippines.

Turkish President Erdogan: Turkey is making every effort to improve relations with the United States in all areas and will continue to do so.

Turkish President Erdogan: (To Biden) Israel does not want a ceasefire, the killing of Hamas leaders undermines ceasefire efforts, and Israel is trying to spread the conflict to a wider region.

Hang Seng Index futures closed down 1.54% at 17047 points in the night session, 258 points below the spot price.

The yield on the two-year U.S. Treasury bond fell 10 basis points on the day, falling to 4.15% at one point.

Market news: If the negotiations are successful, Ethiopia will receive $4.9 billion in debt restructuring.

According to the Saudi state news agency: The Saudi Foreign Minister discussed developments in the region with US Secretary of State Blinken over the phone and discussed the importance of reducing escalation and reaching a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Venezuelan opposition leader Machado said she was "in hiding."

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared August 2 a national day of mourning to commemorate the killing of Hamas leader Haniyeh.

Fund analysis firm Lipper: U.S. leveraged loan funds saw rare outflows in the past week.

According to the Times of Israel: An IDF spokesman said that the Israeli army is on high alert and the guidelines for civilians have not changed, but to remain vigilant. ​

The White House: It is difficult to judge the impact of the death of the Hamas leader on the Gaza ceasefire negotiations.

The National Hurricane Center of the United States: There is a 30% chance of a cyclone forming in the eastern Gulf of Mexico near the Florida Peninsula in the next 48 hours.

The CBOE Volatility Index hit an intraday high and was last up 2.39 points at 18.75.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $348.885 billion from 66 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.