After Starmer's resignation as UK prime minister, markets have focused on who potential successor Burnham would appoint as chancellor and on the likely fiscal policy path. Latest CFTC weekly data show investors hold $8.72bn of sterling short positions, the largest since May 2015 when $9.567bn was recorded.

Several Beijing startups focused on embodied intelligence and brain‑computer interfaces report recent technical breakthroughs and say valuations have exceeded 10 bln yuan as iteration speeds up. Founders attribute progress to professional incubators that provided capital and helped refine technical positioning and business models, enabling commercialization amid financing and customer shortages. Beijing has rolled out a tiered city‑wide incubation network covering 16 districts and economic development zones — roughly 600 incubators and about 8 mln sqm of incubator space, including five MIIT excellence‑level incubators, 34 MIIT standard‑level incubators, 30 Beijing benchmark incubators and 133 municipal incubators — aiming to fast‑track early-stage tech to market.

Shanghai Stock Exchange will delist Chuangxing on July 6, 2026; the company’s shares will be removed from listing.