South Korean brokerages reported a 20% quarter-on-quarter jump in second-quarter net profit, driven mainly by higher commission income from a surge in stock trading. According to Sina Finance, data from the Financial Supervisory Service showed that 61 domestic brokerages posted combined net profit of 5.19 trillion won in the second quarter, up from 4.33 trillion won in the first quarter. Commission fee income rose 32.5% quarter on quarter to 8.87 trillion won, while total revenue from proprietary investment and stock trading businesses increased 45.8% to 5.98 trillion won. Stock turnover reached 4.438 trillion won in the April-to-June period, sharply higher than 2.775 trillion won in the previous quarter. As of the end of June, total assets at securities firms stood at 1.256 trillion won, up 158 trillion won from three months earlier and 14.4% higher. Debt rose 15.1% over the same period to 1.141 trillion won, while the capital base of these brokerages increased 7.7% year on year to 115.1 trillion won.

According to Sina Finance, people familiar with the matter said Centrus Energy Corp. plans to raise $500 million through an overnight offering of shares, pre-funded warrants, and common stock warrants. The people said the low-enriched uranium supplier priced the shares at $199.64 each and included four warrant tranches with terms of two, three, four, and five years. Centrus did not immediately respond to a request for comment, and the stock fell 5.4% in after-hours trading to $171.69 per share. Guggenheim Securities and Barclays are serving as underwriters for the offering.

According to Sina Finance, Vale said in a statement that it has been evaluating various financing options, but has made no "decision, approval or commitment" on any transaction.

According to Sina Finance, Vale said in a statement that it has been evaluating various financing options, but has not made "any decision, approval or commitment" to carry out any transaction.

Polymarket's submarket for the "September 4" outcome in the "effective U.S.-Iran ceasefire" event saw sharp volatility, with the "yes" probability rising from 28.5% one hour earlier to 48.5% at the time of monitoring. According to ChainCatcher, the move reflected a 20 percentage point swing and came amid the impact of breaking news.

The UK should overhaul how it regulates AI-enabled medical devices and adopt a staged approval process with continuous monitoring to better protect patients, according to Bloomberg. An advisory panel made the recommendation, saying the current approach needs to change.

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