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U.S. Central Command: Completed a new round of strikes against Iran, hitting dozens of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and along the Iranian coast.

Sina Azodi, assistant professor of Middle East politics at George Washington University, said the U.S.-Iran war has given hardliners within the Iranian government more power than those who advocate negotiations with the United States. There are different factions within the Iranian political system, including the Foreign Ministry, the chief nuclear negotiator himself Qalibaf, and some groups within the Revolutionary Guards, who believe that Iran has won the war but needs to reach an agreement with the United States and stabilize. But Azodi pointed out that the other faction, the hard-liners, believe that Iran should take advantage of its victory in the war and Drive the United States completely out of the region. Although Iran has historically been known for its slow decision-making and factional politics, this US-Iran war has changed everything. "I believe that currently those who advocate for more conflict have more power and influence," Azodi said.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards: "Enemies" should expect that other oil and gas export channels that "serve the interests of the United States and its allies" will be closed.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards: The attack was a response to "hostile" actions by the United States.

Hong Kong AI intelligent concept stocks rose, with MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) rising by more than 10% and Zhipu (02513.HK) rising by more than 4%.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said the Strait of Hormuz would remain closed until "the evil acts of the United States end."

Lower-than-expected CPI data once pushed the Nasdaq to rebound, but this more reflected the cooling of expectations for an interest rate hike that day, and did not mean that the energy shock had been lifted. If oil prices remain high, gasoline, transportation and production costs may once again push up forward inflation (secondary inflation worries), and may force central banks such as the Federal Reserve to maintain high interest rates, thereby substantially suppressing various high-valued investment assets (forward discount space). On Monday, the S&P 500 energy sector rose by about 3.2%, showing that funds are flowing back into the energy and value stocks sectors with high cash flow and high defensiveness at an extremely rapid rate. This confirms the capital behavior logic of "value and high cash flow sectors being the first choice for on-field defense".

The HSI opened on July 15th (Wednesday), up 210.61 points, or 0.87%, to 24551.34 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on July 15th (Wednesday), up 36.72 points, or 0.78%, to 4716.18 points ;The state-owned enterprise index opened up 49.81 points, or 0.61%, at 8152.89 points on July 15 (Wednesday); The red chip index opened at 3939.77 points, up 4.37 points, or 0.11%, on July 15 (Wednesday).

According to the Russian Satellite Network: Russian air strikes in the Odessa area. According to preliminary local reports, the targets of the attack included "Neptune" and "Flamingo" missile launchers, as well as the area near Shkorny Airport used by the Ukrainian army to launch drones into Crimea.

It is reported that US Vice President Vance plans to meet with House Republicans at the Capitol on Wednesday afternoon local time. This comes as Republican leaders seek to support a new $80 billion party funding plan to fund the Pentagon, provide aid to farmers and implement parts of the election bill that Trump has pushed for.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield fell 3 basis points to 1.92%.

NI225 rose by 1.00% within the day.

NI225 opened up 434.73 points on July 15 (Wednesday), or 0.64%, to 68178.23 points.

According to Al Jazeera: Iranian officials say a bottled water factory was hit by three U.S. artillery shells. The attack caused damage to factory equipment, but no casualties were reported.

Japan's May core machinery orders annual rate was -1.9%, expected to be 12.90%, and the previous value was 15.60%.

Japan’s May core machinery orders monthly rate was -12.4%, expected -4.2%, and the previous value was 8.70%.

Japan's Reuters Tankan non-manufacturing sentiment index for July was 25, compared with the previous value of 32.

Japan's Reuters Tankan manufacturing sentiment index for July was 13, compared with the previous value of 13.

Admiral Cooper, Commander of U.S. Central Command: Iranian forces also launched dozens of missiles and drones towards neighboring Gulf countries.

Admiral Cooper, Commander of U.S. Central Command: In the past seven days, Iran has deliberately attacked many civilian ships in the region and attacked seven commercial ships, resulting in the death, disappearance or injury of nearly ten civilian crew members.