French Finance Minister Le Maire: Fighting inflation is the top priority.

French Finance Minister Le Maire: (French) inflation has started to slow down, as we predicted.

The three major U.S. stock index futures expanded their gains, with the Nasdaq futures up 1% and the S&P 500 up 0.4%.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire: We will continue to reduce taxes on households and businesses.

UN Secretary-General Guterres: We need a strengthened and reformed multilateral system based on the UN Charter and international law.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: I believe that the BRICS summit will improve relations within the BRICS member states and with new members.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Africa is our priority partner and we have many common energy projects.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: In the foreseeable future, there is no alternative to carbon fuels.

Musk posted a photo of a suspected electric pickup Cybertruck on the X platform.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Russian fuel supplies help Africa curb price rises and improve its economic security.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Our African partners can rest assured that Russia will continue to be a reliable food supplier.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Russia is interested in strengthening ties with Africa, and we will implement new cooperation projects.

Iraqi oil sector: Iraq has agreed to import natural gas from Turkmenistan to meet the needs of its power stations.

Brazilian President Lula: We support the inclusion of the African Union as a member of the G20.

Brazilian President Lula said at the BRICS summit that the promise of globalization had not been fulfilled.

USD/CHF stood above 0.88, up 0.23% on the day.

In the short-term, the two oil prices of the United States and Burundi rose by more than 0.4 US dollars, and are now reported at 78.80 US dollars / barrel and 82.89 US dollars / barrel respectively.

Sri Lankan central bank officials: continue to repay maturing debts from multilateral institutions.

Sri Lankan central bank official: So far this year, the Sri Lankan rupee has appreciated by 12.1%.

Sri Lanka central bank officials: The resilience of the external situation will help gradually relax the balance of payments restrictions.