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Piper Jaffray lowered its target price on Alphabet (GOOG.O) from $445 to $395.

The U.S. Secret Service stated that threats against its protected subjects have increased by about 40% this year compared with the same period last year, with nearly 10,000 cases recorded so far, and the number of mental health interventions involved has increased tenfold, which has resulted in extremely tight resources allocated to investigation and protection work. This is the eve of the re-organized White House Correspondents' Association dinner, which was originally scheduled to be held in April and was postponed due to the assassination attempt on Trump.

The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) conducted ground tests of the engine for its Epsilon S small rocket on Thursday. Previously, the rocket failed twice in a row in similar tests in recent years. The test of the 27-meter-long solid fuel rocket was completed as planned. The last time Japan successfully launched the Epsilon series rocket was in 2021.

Japan's 2-year government bond yield rose 6 basis points to 1.500%, continuing to hit a new high since May 1995.

Australia's part-time employed population stood at 47,000 in June, compared with the previous figure of 35,200.

Australia's employed population in June was 76,300, compared with expectations of 15,000 and the previous value of 40,300.

Australia's full-time employment population in June was 29,300, compared with the previous value of 5,200.

Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in June was 4.4%, compared to a forecast of 4.40% and a previous reading of 4.40%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted labor force participation rate in June was 67%, below the expected 66.70% and the previous reading of 66.70%.

The HSI opened on July 23 (Thursday), up 73.87 points, or 0.3%, to 24966.53 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on July 23 (Thursday), up 9.45 points, or 0.2%, to 4677.68 points; br/>The state-owned enterprise index opened up 15.54 points, or 0.19%, at 8266.61 points on July 23 (Thursday);The red chip index opened at 4127.7 points, up 6.42 points, or 0.16%, on July 23 (Thursday).

Australia's June seasonally adjusted unemployment rate is due in ten minutes.

The Bank of Japan announced that it will directly purchase ¥355 billion of 1-3 year Japanese government bonds, ¥335 billion of 5-10 year Japanese government bonds, and ¥100 billion of 10-25 year Japanese government bonds starting July 24.

South Korea's KOSPI index expanded to 4% during the day and is now at 7072.44 points. NI225 broke through 67,000 points, rising 1.36% during the day.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: Will not comment on specific foreign exchange levels.

Japan’s 2-year government bond yield rose 5 basis points to 1.490%, the highest level since May 1995.

Iran's SNN news agency quoted security officials as saying that the attack launched by the United States at the Shalamcheh border crossing resulted in the death of two people.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 73.50 points, or 0.83%, on Thursday, July 23, to 8896.50 points.

NI225 rose by 1.00% during the day.

The NI225 opened 334.93 points higher on Thursday, July 23, a gain of 0.51%, to 66,450.53 points.

Arizona Health Department, USA: Confirms the state’s first case of Clade I monkeypox; risk to the general public remains low.