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Pentagon Spokesperson: The U.S. Department of Defense stands ready to implement President Trump’s instructions.

Google (GOOG.O): Gemini Spark is rolling out to Google AI Pro users outside the United States.

White House: Trump signed a proclamation to promote the United States to make positive adjustments to the import competition of quartz surface products.

According to CBS: The United States and Israel are preparing to bomb Iranian energy-related targets as early as this weekend.

U.S. Military: As of July 31, Central Command has changed the navigation routes of 30 merchant ships, incapacitated 2 merchant ships, and boarded and inspected 2 merchant ships.

According to the New York Times: Federal Reserve Chairman Warsh is considering reducing the frequency of Fed policy meetings.

The emerging market stock index rose 6.6%, its best single-day performance since the U.S. subprime mortgage crisis in 2008.

Hamas leader: In recent months, Israel has not even respected American mediators. If Israel does not comply with the terms of the plan, we will not fulfill our responsibilities.

According to SEC filings: Qualcomm (QCOM.O) selling shareholders can resell up to 17,826,566 shares from the modular acquisition.

The Dow Jones Index closed up 277.45 points, or 0.53%, at 52,485.51 points on July 31 (Friday);The S&P 500 Index closed up 52.1 points on July 31 (Friday) 3 points, an increase of 0.70%, to 7489.76 points;The Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 251.68 points, or 1.00%, to 25373.85 points on July 31 (Friday).

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Equity fund managers increased their net long positions in the S&P 500 CME by 12,702 contracts to 939,115 in the week ended July 28. Equity fund speculators reduced the S&P 500 CME net short position by 28,795 contracts to 287,277.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended July 28, natural gas speculators increased their net short positions in the four major markets of NYMEX and ICE by 5,281 lots to 60,997 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. 10-year Treasury futures futures by 3,587 lots to 876,119 lots in the week ended July 28. Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. ultra-long Treasury futures by 642 contracts to 320,708 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. 2-year Treasury futures futures by 30,023 lots to 1,124,574 lots in the week ended July 28. Speculators reduced their net short position in CBOT U.S. 5-year Treasury futures by 126,929 contracts to 1,146,400 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Crude oil speculators increased their net long position in WTI by 28,159 lots to 106,507 lots in the week ended July 28.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): COMEX gold speculators reduced their net long positions by 3,258 lots to 120,328 lots in the week ended July 28. COMEX silver speculators reduced their net long position by 1,614 contracts to 8,387 contracts. COMEX copper speculators reduced their net long position by 7,195 contracts to 66,490 contracts.

Market News: U.S. Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said on Friday local time that the U.S. military was not involved in changing the route of the Qatari LNG carrier "Al Areesh" bound for Pakistan. A person familiar with the matter said that the ship had previously suspended its voyage to Pakistan at the request of Iran.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose to intraday highs and is now up more than 3%.

According to the British Times: British Finance Minister Healey said that the possibility of tax increases in the budget cannot be ruled out.

According to the British Times: British Finance Minister Healy instructed cabinet ministers to prepare for budget cuts.