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The China Earthquake Networks Center automatically determined that an earthquake of approximately magnitude 3.6 occurred near Gao County, Yibin City, Sichuan Province (28.55 degrees north latitude, 104.68 degrees east longitude) at 23:58 on August 4. The final result is subject to the official rapid report.

Marathon Petroleum expects its product margins in the third quarter to be lower than those in the second quarter.

According to Nikkei, Japanese oil giant Eneos Holdings plans to increase its global growth investment to approximately 1 trillion yen (about US$6.36 billion) after acquiring Chevron's (CVX.N) oil product marketing business in Southeast Asia and Australia.

On Tuesday, August 4th, the German DAX 30 index closed up 177.52 points, or 0.68%, at 26213.35; the UK FTSE 100 index closed up 23.54 points, or 0.22%, at 10881.24; the French CAC 40 index closed up 52.81 points, or 0.61%, at 8666.63; the Euro Stoxx 50 index closed up 60.85 points, or 0.95%, at 6487.35; the Spanish IBEX 35 index closed up 40.62 points, or 0.20%, at 20023.22; and the Italian FTSE MIB index closed up 674.28 points, or 1.28%, at 53546.00.

The bid-to-cover ratio for the 1-year U.S. Treasury bond auction ending August 4 was 3.62, compared to 3.14 previously.

The US 1-year Treasury auction on August 4th yielded a winning bid of 3.88%, compared to 3.86% previously.

NVIDIA (NVDA.O): Alpamayo 2 Super (an open-source model for Robotaxi and autonomous vehicles) is now available for commercial use.

Blanche's nomination for U.S. Attorney General has progressed in the Senate panel.

DDN is collaborating with NVIDIA (NVDA.O) to advance GPU-driven data access technologies.

Russian Defense Ministry: Russian armed forces continue to launch attacks on Ukrainian ports, ships, and port infrastructure used for the interests of the Ukrainian armed forces.

U.S. Democratic Senator Mark Warner: Last weekend, Truth Social's $100,000 subscription service officially launched. Last night, I introduced a bill aimed at combating this corruption and ensuring that all Americans have free and equal access to announcements from government officials.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: We need to pay more attention to cyber threats from Russia and counter Russian disinformation and its information warfare.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Ukraine needs to complete all preparations as soon as possible to localize the production of air defense systems, missiles and other additional weapons.

According to TASS: Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke with Brazilian President Lula da Silva.

Duke Energy (DUK.N): Additional contracts could add another $5 billion to $10 billion to its record five-year capital plan.

According to Interfax news agency, Russia attacked three cargo ships in a Ukrainian port.

U.S. refined product futures fell to intraday lows; gasoline futures fell 5.2% and diesel futures fell 5%.