美国国务卿鲁比奥：拜登政府迫切希望与伊朗达成协议，四年来不断作出让步，试图促成一项对伊协议，但最终未能达成。

Financial Times reports the U.S. government and Gulf billionaires are backing U.S. billionaire Todd Boehly’s bid to acquire Lukoil oil assets.

The Hang Seng Index opened higher then slid back below the 25,000 level, falling more than 200 points intraday to a low of 24,836.16. At the midday close the index was down 0.76% at 24,896.04; the Hang Seng Tech Index fell 0.97% to 4,395.32 after intra-day drops exceeding 1%. Market turnover was HK$98.82 bln. PCB-linked stocks led gains; biotech and mainland property names were active. AI-application, internet tech and optical-communications sectors underperformed. Notable movers: CanSino Biologics (06185.HK) +10.34%, Vanke Enterprises (02202.HK) +4.80%, Shenghong Technology (02476.HK) +2.95%; Alibaba (09988.HK) -2.87%, Tencent (00700.HK) -2.30%, Zhipu AI (02513.HK) -6.87%, Zhongji Xuchuang/InnoLight (03308.HK) -1.89%.