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US President Trump: Great unity was shown at the NATO meeting.
US President Trump: This year we have invested $1 trillion in the US armed forces. Next we will ask for $1.5 trillion for the U.S. military.
US President Trump: NATO members will respond to this request.
U.S. President Trump: We agreed at the NATO summit to increase defense spending as a share of gross domestic product from 2% to 5%. Member states are making huge progress towards the goal of spending 5% of GDP on defense.
Amazon (AMZN.O): Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD.O) will launch unified media planning capabilities (Q3) and order management capabilities (Q4) on Amazon Cloud Services (AWS).
Amazon (AMZN.O): Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD.O) to launch an agency artificial intelligence advertising platform.
Amazon (AMZN.O): Fox Corp. has named Amazon Web Services (AWS) as its preferred artificial intelligence cloud service provider.
According to Iranian state media: Eight Iranian soldiers died in the US attack on southern Iran.
U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): While geopolitical uncertainty causes wild swings in commodity prices such as fertilizer and crude oil, our derivatives markets provide companies with innovative risk management tools to avoid consumers ultimately bearing the full cost.
The German DAX30 index closed down 585.80 points, or 2.30%, at 24903.46 points on July 8 (Wednesday);The British FTSE 100 index closed at 10479, down 186.79 points, or 1.75%, on July 8 (Wednesday). .09 points;The FCHI index closed down 183.58 points, or 2.18%, on July 8 (Wednesday), at 8252.66 points;The European Stoxx 50 Index closed down 116.00 points, or 1.84%, on July 8 (Wednesday), It closed at 6203.86 points;Spain’s IBEX35 index closed down 541.57 points, or 2.76%, at 19098.63 points on July 8 (Wednesday);Italy’s FTSE MIB index closed at 51812.50 points, down 642.94 points or 1.23% on July 8 (Wednesday).
The U.S. 4-month Treasury bond auction as of July 8 - the winning rate allocation percentage was 80.43%, compared with the previous value of 57.66%.
The U.S. 4-month Treasury bond auction as of July 8 - the bid-to-bid ratio was 3.41, compared with the previous value of 2.66.
The U.S. 4-month Treasury bond auction as of July 8 - the winning interest rate was 3.79%, compared with the previous value of 3.80%.
Russian Government: Diesel export ban will last until July 31.
Asian Development Bank: Maintains Japan’s 2026 economic growth forecast at 0.7% and raises its 2027 forecast to 0.8%.
Asian Development Bank: Lowered India's 2026 GDP growth forecast to 6.6%, from 6.9% previously.
Ukrainian President Zelensky: The meeting with US President Trump and his team was very successful.
Europe's benchmark diesel crack spread surged to a record high of $60.17 a barrel after Russia banned diesel exports.
The three major U.S. stock indexes all fell more than 1% during the day.
Russian President Vladimir Putin: The Ministry of Agriculture said there is no problem with fuel supply.