Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka: Plans to implement unified interest rate decisions within this year.

Jefferies: Lowered Starbucks (SBUX.O) price target to $80 from $84.

According to Philippine media ABS: The Philippine capital region has entered a state of disaster.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Will explore purchasing more non-fossil fuel sources of electricity.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Domestic investment in AI and chips needs to be maintained.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida: Hope to submit a bill to support the production of next-generation semiconductors as soon as possible.

According to the Kathmandu Post: 19 people were on a flight to Pokhara.

The Philippines said it is ready to use US$500 million for typhoon relief.

EUR/JPY fell 0.6% to 167.45, the lowest level since mid-May. AUD/JPY fell more than 1% to 101.63. GBP/JPY fell below 200 and is now at 199.43.

Macquarie: Raised Spotify (SPOT.N) price target from $345 to $395.

Russian Interior Ministry: A car bomb exploded in Moscow, injuring two people.

Russian drones attacked infrastructure at the Ukrainian port of Izmail overnight, damaging residential buildings and injuring three people, local officials said.

Lars Mahnir, Chief Financial Officer of BNP Paribas: The European Central Bank is expected to cut interest rates twice this year.

Market news: LG Energy Solution executives said that they are considering producing LFP cathodes for the European market in Morocco, Finland and Indonesia.

India’s Nikkei Composite PMI in July was 61.4, compared with 60.9 in the previous month.

Trader: RBI may sell dollars at 83.70-83.71 levels to support rupee.

Statoil will launch the third phase of its share buyback program, with an amount of up to $1.6 billion.

Nasdaq 100 futures extended losses to 1%.