Iranian media reported that Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf, Foreign Minister Araghchi, U.S. Vice President Vance, Qatari Prime Minister Al Thani and Pakistan Prime Minister Sharif will oversee upcoming negotiations.

US equities closed mixed Monday: Dow Jones Industrial Average up 0.29%, S&P 500 down 0.37%, Nasdaq Composite down 1.3%. SpaceX (SPCX.O) plunged 16.4%; Intel (INTC.O) rose 5%; Micron Technology (MU.O) gained about 7%; NVIDIA (NVDA.O) fell 1%. Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index fell 1.3%; Tencent Music (TME.N) dropped 4%.

China's LPR was unchanged for a 13th consecutive month in June, with both tenors matching market expectations. Analysts said the pause reflects a stable policy-rate pricing base, bank operating pressure and domestic and external macro constraints. Signals from the Lujiazui Forum indicate imminent reform of China's interest-rate regulation framework and gradual optimization of the LPR pricing mechanism, creating a potential window for LPR and monetary policy shifts in H2. Markets view policy as in an observation period. The PBOC plans to use framework reforms in H2 to lower financing costs for the real economy.