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U.S. markets were led by a sharp rebound in semiconductor stocks after strong Microsoft guidance revived the AI trade, lifting sentiment across Wall Street.

Top analysts remain positive on three dividend stocks, highlighting them as attractive choices for passive income.
The Nasdaq-100 suffered its weakest month since March 2025, though some stocks managed to outperform during the downturn.
AMD and SanDisk are drawing attention as major chip names with earnings momentum this week.
Berkshire Hathaway shares climbed to an eight-month high, signaling renewed investor confidence.
Several stocks are being recommended for purchase before earnings because analysts see meaningful upside ahead.
Investors are seeking higher yield opportunities as uncertainty around Federal Reserve policy continues.
Analysts believe Coinbase’s weakness is tied to a soft crypto market rather than a problem with the company’s fundamentals.
Some of the cheapest S&P 500 stocks are now viewed as offering the most upside as August begins.
The Texas Stock Exchange officially launched in Dallas, marking a new development in U.S. market competition.
AI and semiconductor stocks rallied after strong Microsoft guidance revived enthusiasm for the trade, while major earnings reports and broader market risks remain in focus.

Hong Kong stocks opened higher as Alibaba rose more than 3%, with the Hang Seng Index adding 102 points amid a generally upbeat market mood.

Central bank says it will keep monetary policy appropriately loose, use policy tools flexibly, and support stable liquidity and capital-market financing.
Regulators are improving delegated merger review rules to make antitrust case handling more standardized and efficient.
The 12th national pharmaceutical volume-based procurement round has produced tentative winners, with 65 drugs successfully procured and many listed companies expected to benefit.
Hong Kong is advancing financial-market opening with new 5-year China government bond futures, which should strengthen RMB risk-management tools and attract more overseas investors.
Global capital is increasingly favoring Hong Kong stocks because of their valuation appeal, while July saw record ETF inflows into Chinese equity products.
China’s capital-market opening is shifting toward institutional and rule-based connectivity, helping position China as a more important destination for global asset allocation.
The market is seeing sharp sector rotation: technology stocks corrected, while value and defensive assets such as dividend and consumer names recovered.
AI-related demand is reshaping hardware markets, with memory and graphics-card prices rising and consumer electronics becoming more expensive.
Authorities and media emphasized long-term industrial and policy themes, including smart robots, storage chips, urban renewal, and power-supply security.
Several corporate updates stood out, including profit warnings, buybacks, strategic partnerships, fundraising plans, and control changes across listed companies.

Japan’s market was hit hard as the yen surged on the first U.S.-Japan coordinated currency intervention in 15 years, triggering a sharp selloff in Tokyo stocks and fueling expectations of further volatile moves.

Japan and the United States carried out a coordinated currency intervention, which officials described as a major step toward a “completed” U.S.-Japan currency alliance.
The Japanese Ministry of Finance signaled that further intervention remains possible if exchange-rate movements become disorderly.
U.S. Treasury officials also warned they would not hesitate to take additional action, helping to restrain market speculation.
The yen surged sharply, at one point strengthening to around 155 yen per dollar and briefly near 157, a high not seen in about two and a half months.
Stock prices in Tokyo fell by more than 1,500 yen intraday as investors locked in profits and a stronger yen weighed on exporters and the broader market.
Market participants expect volatility to remain high for the time being, with nervous and sensitive price movements likely to continue.
Finance Minister Katayama said authorities are ready to act at any time and emphasized they will respond to disorderly currency moves.
This intervention was the first Japan-U.S. coordinated currency action in 15 years, and officials suggested more intervention could follow if needed.
President Trump framed the move as a sign of friendship, saying it demonstrated support for Japan and noting that Japan had sought assistance.
Other major economic headlines included rising food and energy prices, EU rules on AI transparency and “right to repair,” and business responses to health and disaster-related needs.

Bitcoin markets were rattled by an $89 million cold-wallet exploit that spread to thousands of addresses, sending investors rushing coins back to exchanges amid renewed security fears.

The crypto market is being shaped by a mix of infrastructure shifts, payments innovation, and regulatory scrutiny.
Some DeFi projects are abandoning consumer-facing apps and repositioning themselves as backend infrastructure for larger tech companies.
Crypto payments may evolve to work without traditional on-ramps or bridges, according to industry leaders.
Perpetual futures and related trading tools are increasingly linking crypto markets with Wall Street-style finance.
A major cold-wallet exploit near $89 million has led to a different investor response than the FTX collapse, with some users moving bitcoin back to exchanges.
Strategy kept its STRC dividend unchanged at 12%, even as it continues building a large bitcoin position.
Bitcoin cold-wallet attacks have expanded to thousands of addresses, pushing estimated losses close to $89 million.
Tokenized stock trading jumped sharply in July, though one QQQ-linked token accounted for most of the increase.
Research from the Bank of Italy indicates stablecoins may not provide meaningful cost advantages for remittances.
Regulators are actively reviewing crypto market decisions, including Nasdaq bitcoin options approval after a challenge from CME.

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