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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagaei: The release of frozen assets is underway.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bagaei: The Strait of Hormuz does not need external intervention, as that would only complicate the issue.

June 30th - From January to May, internet business revenue maintained steady growth, while the growth rate of total profits slowed down, and R&D expenditure maintained relatively rapid growth. Internet business revenue maintained steady growth. From January to May, my country's large-scale internet and related service enterprises achieved internet business revenue of 874.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.4%, with the growth rate accelerating by 0.5 percentage points compared to January-April. Profit growth slowed down. From January to May, my country's large-scale internet enterprises achieved total profits of 79.9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%, with the growth rate slowing down compared to January-April.

The German DAX index touched 25,000 points, up 1.48% on the day.

June 30th - In the first five months of 2026, my country's software and information technology services industry maintained a positive operating trend, with steady growth in software revenue, a slower growth rate in total profits, and positive growth in software exports. In the first five months, my country's software revenue reached 6.2451 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 10.3%. Total profits in the software industry reached 717.3 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.2%. Software exports reached 27.65 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 12.8%.

S&P 500 futures extended gains to 0.2%, hitting an intraday high.

Global Chip LOF: Trading will be suspended from the opening of the market on July 1, 2026, and will resume at 10:30 on July 1, 2026. During the suspension period, redemption services for this fund will continue as usual.

On June 30, 2026, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Foreign Minister, met with Espinosa, candidate for the next UN Secretary-General, former President of the UN General Assembly, and former Foreign Minister of Ecuador, in Beijing. Wang Yi stated that Ms. Espinosa's candidacy reflects her firm belief in multilateralism, her high regard for the core values of the UN, and her sense of responsibility for global governance. Not long ago, China hosted a high-level meeting of the UN Security Council, where all parties voiced a common call to uphold, revitalize, and strengthen the UN. Faced with a complex and challenging international situation, the UN needs to invigorate itself, enhance its capacity for action, and play its due role, living up to the expectations of all parties. China has always been a staunch supporter of the UN and multilateralism. President Xi Jinping's four global initiatives are aimed at putting into practice the commitment to upholding multilateralism, promoting the UN to better adapt to the needs of the times, and continuously developing and growing stronger amidst change.

On June 30, Li Lecheng, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and head of the National High-tech Enterprise Accreditation Management Leading Group, chaired a meeting of the group. The meeting emphasized that the next step is to thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and directives, accurately understand and grasp the new situation and requirements facing high-tech enterprises in the new era, vigorously enhance the independent innovation capabilities of high-tech enterprises, support enterprises in playing an active role in breakthroughs in major original technologies and key core technologies, promptly apply scientific and technological achievements to specific industries and industrial chains, and continuously enhance industrial competitiveness.

On June 30th, a national conference on promoting the development and growth of the private economy was held in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province. An official from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) stated that my country's private investment is currently in a critical period of structural optimization and growth driver transformation. The official further explained that with the deepening of high-quality development, private investment is accelerating its shift from real estate and traditional manufacturing to high-tech industries and new infrastructure. In the first five months of this year, the growth rate of private investment in the communications and electronic equipment manufacturing and information services industries, which are related to new growth drivers, increased compared to the first four months. Private investment is undergoing profound structural reshaping, achieving a leap from "quantitative expansion" to "quality growth."

Bank of England Deputy Governor Briden: It may be necessary to update the regulations on agent-based artificial intelligence.

Bank of England Deputy Governor Briden: Artificial intelligence agents could exacerbate market volatility and stress.

Goldman Sachs (GS.N) fell 1% in pre-market trading after Oppenheimer downgraded its rating from "market perform" to "underperform".

Morgan Stanley raised its price target for Alphabet (GOOGL.O) from $375 to $415.

On June 30th, an internal government document revealed that Germany is demanding a €400 billion (approximately $456 billion) cut from the European Commission's proposed €2 trillion budget for 2028-2034, warning that the current plan is "unaffordable." Since the EU budget requires unanimous agreement from all 27 member states, Germany's strong opposition foreshadows difficult negotiations; Berlin warned in the document that "under the current circumstances, an agreement is simply impossible." As the EU's largest net contributor, Germany is concerned about the proposed size of the next seven-year budget, which represents a significant increase from the €1.3 trillion budget for 2021-2027. Berlin pointed out that even with the proposed €400 billion cut, the budget would still be 27% higher than the current one, resulting in Germany's annual contribution exceeding €50 billion.

According to the official measurement of the China Earthquake Networks Center, a magnitude 3.3 earthquake occurred at 18:35 on June 30 in Wuqia County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang (39.63 degrees north latitude, 74.58 degrees east longitude), with a focal depth of 20 kilometers.

The China Earthquake Networks Center officially reported that a 3.9-magnitude earthquake occurred in Wuqia County, Kizilsu Kirghiz Autonomous Prefecture, Xinjiang, at 18:32 on June 30, with a focal depth of 18 kilometers.