The US Kansas City Fed Composite Manufacturing Index in July was -13, expected to be -5, and the previous value was -8.

The Nasdaq 100 turned positive after falling as much as 1.6%.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) turned positive after falling 7% earlier.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: The U.S. second quarter GDP and inflation data released on Thursday confirmed that the United States is on a path of solid growth and falling inflation.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen called for accelerated progress in debt restructuring for poor countries and called for more support for countries facing high debt servicing costs.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: Prices faced by many Americans are still too high, and the government is working to address cost pressures in housing, healthcare and energy.

In a few weeks, Meta Platforms (META.O) will be hit with its first EU antitrust fine for bundling its classifieds service Marketplace with Facebook, according to sources.

Delta Air Lines: No flight cancellations on Thursday.

Nasdaq CEO Adina Friedman: The U.S. economy continues to be resilient.

Musk: Will discuss (investment in xAI) with Tesla board of directors.

Musk said in response to a vote asking whether Tesla should invest $5 billion in xAI, “It looks like the public supports investing in XAI.”

Citi: In our view, speculators appear to continue to remain bearish on the oil market until the end of the quarter (barring a weather or supply shock).

Nasdaq CEO Adina Friedman: Nasdaq has not been affected by the CrowdStrike incident.

NATO spokesman: The incident of Russian drones entering Romanian airspace is "irresponsible and potentially dangerous."

Nvidia (NVDA.O) fell as much as 6.8% during the session, hitting its lowest point in two months.

NATO spokesman: (Regarding the Russian drone fragments found in Romania) NATO has not seen any indication of any deliberate attack against NATO territory.

EU Economic Commissioner Gentiloni: Ukraine loan agreement is expected to be reached in October.