The United States imported 351,000 barrels of API crude oil in the week to August 4, compared with the previous value of -867,000 barrels.

In the United States, API refined oil inventories in the week to August 4 were -2.093 million barrels, expected to be -167,000 barrels, and the previous value was -512,000 barrels.

The change in API crude oil inventories in the United States recorded 4.067 million barrels in the week to August 4, the largest increase since the week of May 26, 2023.

In the United States, API gasoline inventories for the week to August 4 were -413,000 barrels, expected to be 217,000 barrels, and the previous value was -1.68 million barrels.

In the United States, the API Cushing crude oil inventory in the week to August 4 was -112,000 barrels, and the previous value was -1.76 million barrels.

The Hang Seng Index futures closed down 0.29% in night trading, at 19084 points, 100 points below water.

Market news: Ryan Salame, a former executive of the bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, is negotiating with US prosecutors on a plea deal.

Reuters poll: 18 out of 19 analysts expect the Bank of Mexico to keep the benchmark interest rate unchanged at 11.25% on Thursday.

Brent crude oil broke through $86/barrel, up 0.35% on the day.

Google and Universal Music are in talks to try to reach a deal on artificial intelligence "deepfake" technology. The content of the talks between the two parties includes applying for the authorization of "artist voice" for the songs generated by artificial intelligence.

Italy said the levy on banks could not exceed 0.1% of assets.

The American Teamsters union has called for industry reform following the bankruptcy of transportation company Yellow.

German Ministry of Defense: Germany proposes to extend the deployment of the Patriot air defense system until the end of 2023 for use in Poland.

The Fed accepted a total of $1.778 trillion from 103 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Copper production in Peru increased by 3% month-on-month in June, and zinc production increased by 6.1% month-on-month.

USGS: 5.5-magnitude earthquake hits Tanzania.