Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) CEO: The trading volume of the panic index VIX options transaction has increased by 40% year-on-year.

According to the survey, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) report released on Thursday will show that as of the week of August 18, U.S. natural gas inventories will increase by 33 billion cubic feet.

Turkish authorities said southbound vessel traffic in the Dardanelles would resume at 22:00 local time after a halt due to forest fires.

The White House said the U.S. was ready to ease sanctions if Venezuela took relevant actions consistent with U.S. demands.

U.S. Steel (XN) fell as much as 2.8% to an intraday low, after Esmark, a privately held U.S. company, said it would not bid for it.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.61% in night trading, at 17973 points, 127 points higher than water.

White House: President Joe Biden has been briefed on the plane crash reported in Moscow.

Market news: Venezuela and the United States are negotiating a possible lifting of sanctions.

Nvidia ( NVDA.O ) extended its pre-earnings gain to 3%.

Market news: Biden approves a state of disaster in Alaska due to flooding.

McHenry, chairman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, is urging the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to revoke new rules governing private equity funds.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield hit a one-week low, down 13.8 basis points to 4.191%.

The U.S. 30-year Treasury yield fell 10.5 basis points to 4.30%.

The Fed accepted a total of $1.817 trillion from 96 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Market news: The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted 3-2 to pass new requirements for private equity funds related to fees and disclosures.

According to the TASS news agency: Russia said that a private plane crashed in the Tver region north of Moscow, killing 10 people.

Market news: WeWork (WE.N) hired consultants to help debt restructuring.