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Market news: The UK has added 13 new targets and 6 new statements under the Russia sanctions mechanism.

Italy's adjusted industrial production fell 0.6% year-on-year in June, compared with expectations of 1% and a revised figure of 1.2% in the previous month (originally 1.10%).

Italy's seasonally adjusted industrial production fell 1% month-on-month in June, compared with an expected 0.3% and a previous reading of -0.30%.

Italian Foreign Minister: Italy will continue to work to promote dialogue, security and peace in the Middle East.

On August 6th, Tencent Cloud announced the launch of Tencent Cloud Agent Memory 2.0.0, a major upgrade to Team Memory that expands long-term memory capabilities from individual use to team collaboration scenarios. According to the announcement, code knowledge, project documents, historical conversations, and work methods generated during team-Agent collaboration can be stored as long-term team memory, shared among different Agents, and then configured as needed based on Agent roles and specific tasks.

Germany's construction PMI for July was 42.1, compared to 44.8 in the previous month.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Our counterattack against Russia in the Black Sea was also successful, hitting two military patrol boats and ships from the Shadow Fleet.

Futures News, August 6th: Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Energy and Chemical Warehouse Receipts and Changes on August 6th: 1. Pulp futures warehouse receipts: 367,365 tons, an increase of 4,003 tons compared to the previous trading day; 2. Pulp futures mill warehouse receipts: 20,000 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 3. Offset paper futures warehouse receipts: 2,758 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 4. Offset paper futures mill warehouse receipts: 6,520 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 5. Fuel oil futures warehouse receipts: 4,420 tons. 6. Petroleum asphalt futures warehouse receipts: 13,260 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 7. Petroleum asphalt futures factory warehouse receipts: 18,210 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 8. Medium-sulfur crude oil futures warehouse receipts: 2,961,000 barrels, unchanged from the previous trading day; 9. Low-sulfur fuel oil futures warehouse receipts: 5,000 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 10. Low-sulfur fuel oil futures factory warehouse receipts: 0 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day.

The chart shows that at 22:00 Beijing time on August 6, there will be large foreign exchange options contracts for EUR/USD and USD/JPY expiring, including 10 contracts with strike prices exceeding 1 billion. Please manage your risks.

On August 6th, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Safe Development of the Civil Explosives Industry." The plan proposes adjusting the product structure, continuously increasing the proportion of licensed on-site mixed explosives production capacity, promoting formula diversification, enriching and improving the categories of civil explosives to better meet market demand, supporting the replacement and withdrawal of excess capacity in small-variety products to improve resource utilization efficiency, and steadily promoting the inclusion of new types of civil explosives into the regulatory scope.

Spain's unadjusted industrial production rose 3.8% year-on-year in June, compared with 0.80% in the previous month.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that Honda is recalling 43,913 vehicles in the United States.

On Thursday, August 6th, the German DAX 30 index opened up 20.97 points, or 0.08%, at 26,160.00; the UK FTSE 100 index opened up 29.45 points, or 0.27%, at 10,917.75; the French CAC 40 index opened up 50.58 points, or 0.58%, at 8,719.88; the Euro Stoxx 50 index opened up 19.57 points, or 0.30%, at 6,496.55; the Spanish IBEX 35 index opened up 108.36 points, or 0.54%, at 20,165.36; and the Italian FTSE MIB index opened up 171.20 points, or 0.32%, at 53,618.00.

According to Futures News on August 6th, as of 15:00 Beijing time, spot platinum fell 0.01%, and spot palladium fell 0.18%.

Spain's seasonally adjusted industrial production rose 1.1% year-on-year in June, revised from 3.40% in the previous month.

France's final second-quarter unadjusted monthly earnings growth rate was 0.7%, compared to 0.70% previously.

On August 6th, the "15th Five-Year Plan for the Development of the China (Guangdong) Pilot Free Trade Zone (Draft for Public Comment)" was released for public comment. The draft proposes to expand financial opening-up in an orderly manner. It encourages international financial institutions to establish headquarters within the zone, promoting the development of cross-border finance, innovative finance, venture capital, wealth management, futures trading, asset management, specialized finance, and offshore services. It also aims to accelerate the implementation of projects such as the Greater Bay Area International Commercial Bank and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Insurance Service Center. Support will be given to expanding the scale of commodity trading, promoting the linkage between futures and spot markets for key commodities such as iron ore, crude oil, and rubber, and enhancing the pricing power of commodities. The plan also promotes the upgrading of financial technology regulatory pilot programs and expands the application scenarios of the digital RMB. Support will be given to developing cross-border financial innovation businesses such as offshore finance and green finance, and the expansion of pilot programs such as cross-border wealth management and digital RMB cross-border payments will be promoted. Support will be given to financial institutions within the zone to develop specialized products such as cross-border supply chain finance and intellectual property pledge financing, guiding market entities to develop composite financial products. The plan also aims to deepen pilot programs for cross-border credit asset transfer and multi-currency unified accounts, promoting wider mutual recognition and interoperability of cross-border financial products.

Court documents show that OpenAI has applied to a U.S. judge to dismiss Apple's lawsuit alleging that it violated trade secrets.

Germany's manufacturing orders, adjusted for working days, rose 6.5% year-on-year in June, compared with 6.20% in the previous month.