Japan June household consumer confidence index 33.8, vs. expected 34.1 and prior 33.6.

Siemens Energy and Neptun Smulders Offshore Renewables were awarded a contract by German TSO 50Hertz to supply the grid-connection system for the North Sea Connector 2 offshore wind project in the North Sea. The partners will for the first time work with a German shipyard to construct a 2GW offshore converter platform that, when commissioned, can transmit up to 2GW of offshore wind power to shore.

Ghalibaf said Iran, the US and Lebanon will form a joint committee to advance Lebanese sovereignty and implement a ceasefire; Iran's foreign envoys will participate in the mechanism.