Market news: 3M (MMM.N) Chief Financial Officer will leave on July 31.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration: BMW North America recalled 394,029 vehicles in the United States and Chrysler recalled 332,000 vehicles.

Belarusian Border Service: About 2,000 trucks are waiting in line at the Belarus-EU border.

Indian Prime Minister Modi: The killing of innocent people is unacceptable anywhere.

The pan-European Stoxx 600 index extended gains to 0.5% to hit an intraday high.

Market news: HSBC is said to be reshaping its investment banking business to get closer to its competitors.

According to Nikkei: Amazon (AMZN.O) will purchase 50 billion yen of renewable energy in Japan.

Airbus: The Saudi Ministry of Defense signed an agreement with Airbus to purchase four A330 MRTT aircraft.

Stellantis (STLA.N): European auto sales increased by 0.9% year-on-year in the first half of the year, with a market share of 18.2%. Pure electric vehicles accounted for 13.3% of the European market, and sales in France increased by 48%.

Kremlin: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had no differences at the summit.

Kremlin: If Britain allows Ukraine to use British weapons to attack Russia, this would be an irresponsible escalatory step and we will respond.

Tesla (TSLA.O) rose 0.8% in premarket trading after rising for 10 consecutive sessions.

Market news: Croatian Central Bank Governor Vujcic has been nominated for re-election, and his re-election must be approved by the Croatian Parliament.

Gazprom continues to ship gas to Europe via Ukraine, with volumes at 42.4 million cubic meters on Wednesday.

The Philippine stock index fell 1%.

Norwegian Maritime Authority: Oil and gas discovered in the North Sea. Preliminary estimates put the discovered reserves at between 800,000 and 4,000,000 standard cubic meters of recoverable crude oil.