Morning Bus: All three major U.S. stock indexes fell, and gold prices continued to fall; a radioactive contamination accident occurred at a nuclear power plant near Cape Town, Sout

Morning Bus: All three major U.S. stock indexes fell, and gold prices continued to fall; a radioactive contamination accident occurred at a nuclear power plant near Cape Town, South Africa.

All three major U.S. stock indexes fell, and gold prices continued to fall. On Thursday (16th) local time, the three major U.S. stock indexes collectively closed down, with the S&P 500 falling 0.51%, the Dow falling 0.2%, and the Nasdaq falling 1.47%. Major technology stocks were mostly lower.

Google fell more than 4%, Facebook and Nvidia fell more than 2%, Amazon fell nearly 2%, Tesla fell 0.86%, and Apple and Microsoft rose more than 1%. Chip stocks generally fell.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell by 4.29%, Marvell Technology fell by more than 8%, Intel fell by nearly 6%, Micron Technology fell by more than 5%, ARM fell by more than 5%, AMD Semiconductor fell by more than 5%, Broadcom fell by more than 5%, and Qualcomm fell by more than 4%. Most Chinese concept stocks rose.

In terms of popular Chinese concept stocks, Tencent Music rose by more than 4%, Bilibili rose by nearly 4%, Yum China rose by more than 2%, Miniso rose by more than 2%, Vipshop rose by more than 2%, and Beike rose by more than 2%.

In terms of decline, Canadian Solar fell by nearly 7%, TAL fell by more than 2%, Pony.com fell by more than 2%, 21Vianet fell by more than 2%, and GDS fell by nearly 2%. International oil prices fell slightly on the 16th.

As of the close of the day, the price of light crude oil futures for August delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 65 cents to close at US$78.95 per barrel, a decrease of 0.82%; the price of London Brent crude oil futures for September delivery fell 72 cents to close at US$84.23 per barrel, a decrease of 0.85%. The price of gold continues to fall.

As of press time, London gold is down 2.01% to US$3,975.86 per ounce. US military says it launches new round of strikes against Iran The U.S. Central Command posted on social media on the 16th that at 14:00 Eastern Time on the 16th, the U.S.

military launched a new round of strikes against Iran for the "sixth consecutive night" to further weaken Iran's military capabilities. Recently, the US military has launched successive military strikes against Iran, and on the 15th it launched two rounds of strikes within one day.

The targets included the Iranian command center, air defense facilities, missile and drone combat capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities. The US military also resumed its naval blockade against Iran on the afternoon of the 14th Eastern Time.

Brazil's foreign minister denounces Rubio's "rude" attack on Lula's tariff hike Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira criticized US Secretary of State Rubio on the 16th for attacking Brazilian President Lula in a "rude and arrogant way", and pointed out that the US announced a 25% tariff on some Brazilian products "without justification" and that the relevant measures were obviously politically motivated.

Radioactive contamination accident occurred at nuclear power plant near Cape Town, South Africa South African media quoted the South African National Nuclear Regulatory Authority on the 16th as saying that three recent radioactive contamination accidents occurred at the Kubech Nuclear Power Plant near Cape Town, South Africa, but no radioactive materials were released to the outside world and would not have an impact on public health and environmental safety.

According to reports, the National Nuclear Regulatory Authority of South Africa said that the three incidents occurred on June 30, July 2 and July 7 respectively, all during the maintenance operations of Unit 2 of the Kubech Nuclear Power Plant.

Radioactivity levels in the air within the power station increased for a short time due to a power outage in the ventilation system during maintenance. After the incident, the nuclear power plant immediately initiated emergency procedures and implemented isolation and control of the affected area. The contamination did not spread to other areas.

EU asks Google to open up Android AI features and share search data The European Commission announced on the 16th that it would issue two legally binding normative measures to Google in the United States in accordance with the Digital Markets Act, requiring Google to open artificial intelligence (AI)-related functions of its Android operating system to competitors and share search data with third-party search engines to enhance competition in the digital market.

The European Commission said that under the first measure, third-party AI assistants can have equal access to functions on Google Android devices with AI services such as Google's Gemini. Currently, third-party AI assistants have limited access to some key functions of the Android system, making it difficult to compete fairly with Google's own AI services.

The second measure would require Google to share search data with third-party search engines. The European Commission believes that data sharing will help third-party search engine development and optimization services and promote innovative development.

The European Commission requires Google to implement relevant measures according to the schedule and share search data with qualified third-party search engines starting from January 2027. Users will be able to use the improved Android system starting from July 2027.

[Today’s attention (Beijing time)] 10:00 The State Council Information Office holds a press conference on foreign exchange receipts and payments data in the first half of 2026 17:00 Eurozone June harmonized CPI final value 20:30 US import and export price index in June The monkey fever persists: the “monkey content” of five major concept stocks According to

Beijing Business Daily, the market price of a single cynomolgus monkey exceeded 200,000 yuan, and concerns about the "monkey shortage" intensified. Experimental monkeys suddenly became popular. A-shares set off a wave of monkey concept speculation.

Zhaoyan New Drug, WuXi AppTec, Pharmaron, Medicilon, and Enox are the five most popular experimental monkey concept stocks. Amid the intense speculation, the stock prices of the above-mentioned companies have hit new highs for the year in recent days.

However, the "monkey content" of each company is very different, and the logic of speculation and the ability to realize real performance cannot be generalized. More than 20 places have introduced a new round of housing subsidy policies, with a maximum subsidy of 300,000 yuan Subsidies of “real money” from various places are entering the property market.

According to incomplete statistics from China Business News, since this year, more than 20 provinces and cities across the country, including Guangdong, Hubei, Guizhou, Yunnan, Chengmai County in Hainan, Lhasa City in Tibet, Huaian City in Jiangsu Province, Jinjiang City in Fujian Province, and Urumqi City in Xinjiang, have introduced housing purchase subsidy policies.

The biggest change in the above-mentioned home purchase subsidy policy is that on the basis of the inclusive red envelope that "everyone has a share", "customized gift packages" will be targeted at specific groups of people. In the property market regulation toolbox, home purchase subsidies are becoming more refined and differentiated.

The three major indicators of my country's civil aviation industry maintained year-on-year growth in the first half of the year A Beijing Business Daily reporter learned from the Civil Aviation Administration that in the first half of this year, the three major indicators of total transportation turnover, passenger transportation volume, and cargo and mail transportation volume in the civil aviation industry maintained year-on-year growth, but the growth rate slowed down.

At the same time, the six listed airlines also released operating data for June and the first half of the year. Affected by factors such as the international situation and the off-season for civil aviation, many airlines further reduced their capacity in June.

Looking forward to the second half of the year, the peak summer transport season will still be a key node for growth, and the shrinking capacity of domestic and international routes will gradually be released.

*ST Cuihua clarifies: "5 billion gold in stock" and "Chow Tai Fook mergers and acquisitions" are all false news *ST Cuihua announced that the company is concerned about the emergence of false rumors in the online community about "*ST Cuihua Chow Tai Fook merger and reorganization rumors" and "5 billion gold in stock, and the actual controller plans to change".

The rumors mainly involve mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and changes in actual controllers. Relevant content has attracted widespread attention from investors and the market. After inquiries by the company, the relevant false rumor information has been deleted. (

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