美聯儲主席沃什：美聯儲將在最高法院判決之後保持獨立。

RatingDog said June manufacturing PMI was 51.7. Production and demand remained expansionary; output continued to rise but at a slower pace than in May. Total new orders stayed in expansion with marginally faster growth, while new export orders fell further versus May and remained in contraction. Easing input-cost pressure has modestly improved corporate margins, but external demand weakness and a decline in firms’ forward expectations were evident. Monitor the trajectory of external demand recovery and the durability of raw-material cost relief.

At the midday close, China's main futures contracts were mostly lower. Container freight on the Europe route plunged more than 10%; methanol and ethylene glycol (EG) fell over 3%. Red dates, metallurgical coke, palladium, China's SC crude and platinum dropped more than 2%. On the upside, lithium carbonate gained over 4%, polysilicon nearly 2%, peanuts more than 1%, and pulp and coated paper nearly 1%.