The UK 10-year government bond yield fell more than 16 basis points on the day, the largest one-day drop since March.

In the United States until August 18, the EIA new formula gasoline inventory was -0.1 million barrels, and the previous value was -11,000 barrels.

In the United States until August 18, the EIA put into production 30,000 barrels per day of crude oil, compared with the previous value of 167,000 barrels per day.

The United States imported 116,000 barrels of EIA crude oil in the week to August 18, compared with -1.763 million barrels before.

The U.S. EIA refined oil inventory for the week ending August 18 was 945,000 barrels, expected to be 218,000 barrels, and the previous value was 296,000 barrels.

SEC Seeks to Limit Preferential Treatment for Certain Investors; Will Implement New Fee Disclosure Rules for Hedge Funds and Private Equity Funds.

U.S. energy stocks fell on weak manufacturing data.

The initial value of the consumer confidence index in the euro zone in August was -16, the expected value was -14.3, and the previous value was -15.1.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD extended its intraday gains to 0.50% and is now at 0.6454.

Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast Auto ( VFS.O ) erased a 17 percent drop at the start to rise more than 14 percent.

Israeli Energy Minister: Israel will expand natural gas exports to Egypt.

UK gilts rose further after the release of the US PMI data, with the two-year yield falling 19 basis points to 4.96%.