Rio Tinto (RIO.N): The Yada lithium project will comply with Serbian and EU regulations and be subject to strict environmental requirements.

US Geological Survey: A 5.0 magnitude earthquake occurred 55 kilometers north of Isangel, Vanuatu.

Pakistani Prime Minister Sharif: Pakistan is willing to fully assist in the investigation of the Oman attack.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) CFO: Investment banking business is in the early stages of recovery.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) CFO: We are steadily moving toward our goal of $10 trillion in assets.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) CFO: Higher tax payments in the second quarter may have affected the net asset growth of the wealth department.

Deutsche Bank (DB.N): Asked bankers to be more selective in their mergers and acquisitions work, urging them to focus on larger and more profitable M&A deals and win more transaction mandates of more than $500 million.

Charles Schwab (SCHW.N) fell 5.4% in premarket trading.

Gaza health officials: Israeli airstrike on a school in central Gaza Strip kills at least eight Palestinians and injures many others.

The Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates and the Central Bank of Ethiopia signed a currency swap agreement and a memorandum of understanding to promote the use of domestic currencies and interconnected payment and messaging systems.

Bank of America (BAC.N) CFO: Investment banking project pipeline remains strong.

Seven people were killed in an attack on a health center in northwest Pakistan by militants, military sources said.

Bank of America (BAC.N) CFO: Net interest income is expected to increase in the third and fourth quarters.

Charles Schwab (SCHW.N) fell in pre-market trading and is now down 1.33%.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) announced an increase in its quarterly common dividend to $0.925 per share.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N): Reauthorized a multi-year repurchase program with no expiration date to repurchase up to $20 billion of outstanding common stock.

Charles Schwab (SCHW.N) had $252.4 billion in bank deposits in the second quarter, compared with market expectations of $257 billion.

Charles Schwab (SCHW.N) had total client assets of $9.41 trillion in the second quarter, compared with market expectations of $9.36 trillion.

Morgan Stanley (MS.N) stocks rose in pre-market trading and are now up 1.75%.

Gaza health official: Israeli airstrike in Khan Yunis kills and injures multiple Palestinians.