Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: The current loan interest rate is at a high level.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: The inflation rate in August may reach around 16%.

Hungarian Prime Minister Orban: Wage growth should catch up with inflation after August.

Executives of Indian Oil Corporation: will invest 1 trillion rupees to increase refining capacity by 33% to 107 million tons per year.

IOC executive: IOC will invest $30 billion to achieve zero emissions by 2046.

Morgan Stanley revised its terminal rate forecast for Türkiye to 30%.

Woodside union: There will be no further strike action while an agreement is being reached.

The Woodside union said a final draft agreement would be made available to the union for review on Monday.

RBI member: Liquidity should not be tightened to the extent that short-term interest rates exceed repurchase rates.

GBP/USD hit a two-month low of 1.2560 at one point; it was last at 1.2563, down 0.33% on the day.

The Colombo All-Share Index fell 1.3% to 11,121.67.

According to a Reuters poll: 41% of economists said the Bank of Japan will end its negative interest rate policy in 2024, down from 54% in May.

According to a Reuters poll: 73% of economists said the Bank of Japan will end its yield curve control (YCC) policy in 2024, an increase from 50% in a July survey.

According to a Reuters poll: 55% of economists said the Bank of Japan will not start unwinding its ultra-loose policy until at least July 2024.

The yield on the 10-year JGB rose 1 basis point to 0.655%.

Indonesian and U.S. defense ministers meet in Virginia aimed at strengthening ties between the two countries.

Former US President Trump: (Tweeting on social media site X after two and a half years) Truth Social is my home.

The one-week Hong Kong interbank offered rate (HIBOR) fell 21.2 basis points to 3.52%, the lowest level since June 8.

The one-month Hong Kong interbank offered rate (HIBOR) fell 23.7 basis points to 4%, the lowest level since May 9.