The NATO allies agreed to a 2% floor on defense spending, a decision that was "sustainable".

Bernstein, Chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers: The employment data shows that inflationary pressures have eased significantly.

The intraday increase of Brent crude oil extended to 2.00%, and it is now reported at US$78.00 per barrel.

According to the Dutch News Agency: The Dutch cabinet has fallen due to the immigration crisis.

Wage rules for delivery workers in New York temporarily suspended by a judge.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Binance wants to lay off US employees.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): As of the week of July 4, the speculative net long position of gasoline futures decreased by 5,776 contracts to 10,012 contracts; the speculative net long position of Brent crude oil futures increased by 25,106 contracts to 184,906 contracts.

According to the British Financial Times: Musk sued Wachtel law firm to recover $90 million in Twitter acquisition litigation costs.

Debt/GDP ratios in emerging European countries will resume their upward trend, Fitch said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Türkiye after talks in Slovakia.

The Fed accepted a total of $1.822 trillion from 99 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Southwest Airlines (LUV.N): achieved a flight completion rate of more than 99%. Over 20,000 flights were operated during the Fourth of July holiday.

U.S. drilling company Baker Hughes: The number of U.S. oil and gas drilling rigs increased for the first time in 10 weeks.

The total number of drilling rigs in the United States in the week to July 7 was 680, compared with the previous value of 674.

Downing Street spokesman: British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak told Turkish President Erdogan that he hoped that NATO would approve Sweden to join the military alliance as soon as possible.

The New Zealand dollar NZD/USD extended its intraday gains to 1.00% and is now at 0.6219.