Eurozone inflation eased to 2.8% in June from 3.2% in May, below the 3.0% consensus. Inflation excluding volatile food and fuel slowed to 2.4% from 2.6%; services inflation fell to 3.2% from 3.5%. All readings remain above the ECB’s 2% target. Oil prices have fallen on market bets of a US‑Iran peace deal, reinforcing expectations that energy-driven price pressures may ease. Several ECB policymakers said there is no need to act this month and they have time to monitor how price pressures evolve.

美國副總統萬斯：伊朗一方面公開否認和平談判正在進行，但另一方面，美伊之間關於協議的技術性討論仍在持續。這種做法是伊朗在談判與話語上的一種“策略性手法”。

On July 1 combined turnover on the Shanghai and Shenzhen markets was CNY 3.660004 trillion, up CNY 386.246 billion from the previous session. Shanghai turnover was CNY 1.698488 trillion (prev. CNY 1.530326 trillion) with trading volume 672 million lots (prev. 598 million); Shenzhen turnover was CNY 1.961516 trillion (prev. CNY 1.743432 trillion) with trading volume 874 million lots (prev. 745 million). GigaDevice led stocks by turnover at CNY 43.203 billion, followed by BOE Technology A CNY 39.601 billion, Zhongji Xuchuang CNY 34.256 billion, Xinyisheng CNY 28.257 billion and Montage Technology CNY 27.98 billion.