US President Biden: I am running and will win again.

U.S. Department of Defense: The Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile program will be introduced to Congress next week, and is expected to increase by 81% over 2020 levels.

Market News: Slovak Prime Minister Fico made his first public appearance since the assassination attempt in May.

Apple (AAPL.O) said it has approved the App Store app from Epic Games Sweden AB, a Swedish subsidiary of Epic Games, following an antitrust complaint filed by Epic Games.

Hang Seng Index futures closed down 0.34% at 17,687 points in the night session, 113 points below the spot price.

According to the Daily Telegraph: British Prime Minister-elect Starmer and US President Biden are expected to meet at the NATO summit.

Market news: Canadian banking regulator will delay raising Basel III thresholds by one year.

The White House: Biden spoke with British Prime Minister-elect Starmer, and the two sides discussed cooperation on Ukraine and protecting the results of the Belfast Agreement.

National Hurricane Center: Hurricane Beryl weakens to tropical storm.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index rose 0.5% to a two-week high, with Intel (INTC.O) rising 2.3%, Qualcomm (QCOM.O) rising 1.3% and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD.O) rising 5.5%.

The White House: Expresses concern about Hungarian Prime Minister Orban’s visit to Russia.

The Nasdaq 100 extended its gains to 1%, while the S&P 500 rose 0.4%.

The White House: Biden had a brief language check-up with a doctor at the White House in recent days.

The White House: US President Biden called British Prime Minister-elect Starmer to congratulate him on his appointment.

Bank of Italy: Risks to financial stability are controllable.

Bank of Italy: holds first macroprudential policy group meeting.

ECB President Lagarde: We are starting to see the impact of the NextGenEU plan on economic growth.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of US$390.632 billion from 68 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.