Japan monetary base YoY -13.7% in June; prior -12.2%.

July 2 — A-share storage-chip concept stocks fell broadly, with sector leader GigaDevice hitting the daily limit down. The company told callers to its investor hotline that production and operations are normal and that it is in the interim results disclosure window, declining to provide further details. Separately, media report Meta is planning a cloud infrastructure business to sell AI compute and model-access to external customers.

London High Court ruling in Prince Harry's privacy case against the publisher of the Daily Mail is expected on July 7.