Spot gold slipped below $4,110/oz intraday, down 0.34%.

定价文件显示，卡塔尔能源公司将8月海运原油官方售价设定为较阿曼/迪拜原油价格贴水5美元/桶；陆运原油官方售价定为贴水4.50美元/桶。

New York Fed Open Market Account manager Perli said reserve-management purchase operations have no preset path; the Desk can raise or cut purchases depending on money-market conditions. She said the Desk is ready to implement any balance-sheet or rate-control changes the Committee may decide after Fed chair Kevin Warsh appointed a working group on the Fed’s balance sheet. The Fed began reserve-management purchases in December to offset an expected sharp April reserve drain from tax inflows into the Treasury general account, which reduce banking system reserves as Treasury balances at the Fed rise.