Hong Kong-listed IPO Zhen Health Medical (02697.HK) surged again in the afternoon, up over 210% to an intraday high of HK$393.2.

Tokyo-based Teikoku Databank says prices for 2,566 food and beverage items will rise in July, the largest jump since April. The firm attributes the increases to tighter oil-product supplies linked to Middle East tensions and says higher packaging (ink, food film, trays), energy and logistics costs have been passed through to retail prices. Teikoku Databank expects the upward price wave to persist into summer and beyond, with a weak yen and abnormal weather adding further upside pressure. Inflation is becoming a prominent political issue but has not yet dented Prime Minister TAKAICHI’s approval.

Local time June 30, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ground forces said a six-member 'hostile' separatist armed group entered Iran's northwest border region intending sabotage and terrorist acts. Through intelligence monitoring and interception, IRGC command forces said they acted and the group was 'completely eliminated'. The statement warned separatist and terrorist forces that any attempt to threaten security along Iran's northwest border will be met with a 'decisive and severe response'.