Shipping schedules show average supply of the five North Sea crude grades underpinning the spot Brent benchmark is expected at 474,000 bpd in August, up from 452,000 bpd in July.

Data show year-to-date broad-based ETF assets have continued to decline; no single ETF in the market currently exceeds 100 billion yuan. The largest equity ETF is the Huatai-PineBridge CSI 300 ETF at 98.92 bln yuan, followed by ChinaAMC Sci‑Tech Innovation 50 ETF 66.78 bln, E Fund CSI 300 ETF 63.59 bln and Harvest Sci‑tech chip ETF 60.75 bln. By end-2025 the market’s total ETF assets had topped 6 trillion yuan; the largest single ETF was above 400 bln yuan and seven ETFs exceeded 100 bln yuan, all equity products.

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) opens consultation on new requirements for Apple and Google's mobile platforms.