Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi: The Japanese Prime Minister will visit the United States on July 10 and Germany on July 12.

Japanese Economy Minister Takeshi Saito: We are carefully monitoring the supply and demand of electricity.

US President Biden: Discussed the November election with the Black Caucus.

Trump: Vice presidential candidate could be decided within a week.

According to Fox News: Trump said he has not made a final decision on the vice presidential candidate. Trump wants to announce the vice presidential candidate at the Republican National Convention.

Market news: Japan will sell 600 billion yen of bonds on July 16.

Australia’s NAB Business Climate Index for June was 4, up from 6 in the previous month.

According to the Syrian state news agency: Israel launched an airstrike targeting the Baniyas region of Syria.

[The yields of active treasury bonds generally fell by 1BP] The yields of active treasury bonds generally fell by 1BP. The yield of 10-year treasury bond 240004 fell by 0.60BP to 2.2870%, the yield of 7-year treasury bond 240006 fell by 1.25BP to 2.1300%, and the yield of 30-year treasury bond 2400001 fell by 1BP to 2.5050%.

Reuters poll: 40 economists unanimously agreed that the Bank of Korea will keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50% on July 11; the Bank of Korea will keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 3.50% in the third quarter and cut interest rates by 25 basis points to 3.25% in the fourth quarter (the May survey showed a cumulative rate cut of 50 basis points in the third and fourth quarters).

The governor of Rostov, Russia, said a power plant in the region caught fire after dozens of drones were launched from Ukraine.

Market news: US Assistant Secretary of State Leaf will travel to Qatar and Israel this week.

The Nikkei 225 index broke through 41,000 points, up 0.55% on the day.

As HSBC prepares to appoint its third chief executive in nine years, the bank is exploring incentives to retain those who fail to take the job, according to people familiar with the matter.

The UK BRC overall retail sales annual rate in June was -0.2%, compared with 0.7% in the previous month.

Market news: Nike (NKE.N) re-hired a retired senior executive to help address declining sales.

Port of Houston, USA: All terminals will remain closed on July 9.

According to CNN: U.S. Congressman Adam Smith called on Biden to withdraw from the presidential race.

American Iron and Steel Institute: In the week ending July 6, U.S. steel capacity utilization reached 76.3%.

Nasdaq: U.S. stock options trading volume was 250 million in June, down 7.4% year-on-year.