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Wall Street’s major indexes fell as investors awaited big retailers’ earnings for clues on consumer spending, while rising oil prices added to market caution amid lingering U.S.-Iran tensions.

Stock futures and market sentiment are under pressure as traders brace for another weak session.
AI-related productivity gains are expected to benefit certain stocks more than others, according to Goldman Sachs.
A small-cap ETF has reached a new high, helped by strong balance sheets and plenty of cash among its holdings.
Several memory-chip stocks are breaking through important technical resistance levels.
Refiner stocks have been on an unusually strong run, but history suggests the rally may be nearing an end.
Retail earnings and oil prices are key focus points for investors watching the week ahead.
Prediction markets currently assign about a 25% chance that Paramount’s bid for Warner Bros. will fail.
Stanley Druckenmiller increased positions in Amazon and chip stocks before the recent market pullback.
Harvard reportedly made a massive $2.2 billion investment in SpaceX, signaling strong confidence in Elon Musk’s company.
Investors are watching rising risks to assets, but some strategists still see hope for a productivity-driven economic boom.

Hong Kong stocks ended broadly steady as the Hang Seng Index edged up 17 points, with Alibaba’s more than 3% gain offsetting weakness in the Hang Seng Tech Index.

BOC Hong Kong helped the Canada Export Development Agency issue its first Yuan-denominated “dim sum” bond worth 3 billion yuan.
Baidu’s second-quarter non-GAAP net profit fell 46.3% year on year to 2.573 billion yuan, and its U.S.-listed shares dropped more than 4% before the market opened.
Weimob reported a larger first-half loss of 157 million yuan, while Fuyao Glass saw first-half net profit fall 17.37% to 3.97 billion yuan but raised its interim dividend to 1 yuan per share.
HKEX will revise the methodology for the Hong Kong Exchange Technology 100 Index and lower the individual stock weight cap to 8%.
China’s State Council said people withdrawing housing provident fund money to pay rent will no longer face an income-rent ratio threshold.
Ping An Healthcare and Technology posted adjusted first-half net profit of 227 million yuan, up 37.7% year on year.
Pony.ai’s second-quarter loss widened to $59.844 million, but robotaxi service revenue jumped 6.9 times and its U.S. shares rose 2.3% premarket.
Hong Kong’s population reached 7.5183 million at midyear, up 19,400 from a year earlier.
China Unicom’s interim net profit dropped 34.6% to 9.468 billion yuan; compute-power revenue rose 13%, and the company will not pay an interim dividend.
Alibaba-related and broader China market news lifted Hong Kong stocks slightly, while Asian shipping shares performed well and Japan’s Nikkei fell sharply amid pressure on MLCC stocks.

Tokyo stocks fell sharply on heightened Middle East tensions, with the Nikkei dropping below 68,000 and extending its sell-off amid risk-off sentiment.

The spread of next-generation financial infrastructure like stablecoins could change how payments, settlements, and money movement work.
Tokyo stocks fell for a sixth straight session before rebounding, with the market pressured by concerns over the outlook in the Middle East.
Cashless Sweden is moving to require businesses to accept cash payments so the country can stay resilient against possible attacks or disruptions.
At one point, the Tokyo market was down more than 1,000 yen in the morning and briefly fell below 68,000 yen.
Japanese long-term interest rates rose to 2.945%, the highest level in 29 years and 10 months, with 3% now in sight.
The yen started trading in the 159-yen range against the dollar, showing a weaker yen and stronger dollar in the morning session.
European stock markets also declined as investors turned risk-averse amid heightened U.S.-Iran tensions.
JR Kyushu identified 12 local rail segments that may require discussions about possible continuation or closure due to declining ridership.
The cost of Osaka’s Naniwa-suji Line project has doubled to 642.5 billion yen because of rising material prices, though the opening target remains unchanged.
Several companies and sectors are adapting to cost pressures and structural changes, including Shionogi’s planned end of mandatory retirement, shrinking vending machine demand, airport baggage cutoff changes, lower fuel surcharges at JAL and ANA, and expanded tuna catch quotas that may affect prices.

The biggest crypto market event is the U.S. SEC’s surprise proposal of its first major crypto rule, signaling a potential turning point for regulation across the industry.

The U.S. SEC has surprised markets by proposing its first major crypto rule.
Wyoming is joining a $15 billion LayerZero-related exodus by shifting toward a state stablecoin initiative.
Bitcoin has been trading quietly as investors look for larger gains in smaller, higher-risk assets.
Kraken is expanding into U.S. stock trading in Europe, narrowing the gap between traditional finance and crypto.
Political and business ties around the Trump-backed crypto venture are shifting as it distances itself from Hong Kong AI aggregator WorldClaw.
Bitcoin miners are benefiting from an AI pivot, though mining activity could rebound if market conditions change.
Rising global bond yields are strengthening debt-fear concerns and challenging bitcoin’s role as a safe-haven hedge.
Japan’s Metaplanet is creating a U.S. bitcoin treasury company through a $135 million nanocap transaction.
HashKey is using Hong Kong’s first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade transactions.
Citi is preparing to offer bitcoin custody services for institutional clients later this year.

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