Japan’s all-household spending fell 0.3% year on year in May. According to Jin10, the result compared with a market expectation of a 2.5% decline and a previous reading of a 0.50% drop.

Japan's labor cash earnings rose 3.2% year over year in May. According to Jin10, the market expectation was 3.40%. The prior reading was revised to 3.60% from 3.50%.

Samsung Electro-Mechanics said on July 2 that it signed a master agreement with Dongwoo Fine-Chem, a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan’s Sumitomo Chemical Group, to jointly establish a venture named “Glassem” to produce glass core materials used in glass substrates, according to Jiemian News. On the same day, BOE Technology Group unveiled its glass-substrate packaging carrier board business to the market for the first time at its 2026 Investor Day event. The report said the glass-substrate theme has remained strong in China’s A-share market and has drawn attention across the advanced semiconductor packaging supply chain, as the industry looks beyond traditional organic substrates that are nearing performance and reliability limits.

Roberto Martinez said “it does not make sense” for him to continue as Portugal coach after Portugal’s last-16 exit to Spain at World Cup 2026, according to Yahoo Sports. Substitute Mikel Merino scored the only goal in the first minute of added time in Dallas as Portugal failed to threaten a Spain defense that has yet to concede in the tournament. Martinez, whose contract was set to expire at the end of the tournament, said no decision had been made about his future until now and called the defeat “the end of the cycle.” Bruno Fernandes said Portugal were “sad” and “not at our best level,” while Spain will face the winners of USA and Belgium in a quarter-final on Friday night.

Samsung Electronics shares fell 4.5% in Nextrade pre-market trading. According to Jin10, the decline occurred during pre-market trading on Nextrade.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended sharply higher on Monday as Broadcom and other chip stocks rallied on investor demand for artificial intelligence-related names ahead of what is expected to be a strong second-quarter earnings season, according to RTHK. Broadcom rose 3.7% after it and Apple agreed to extend a deal through 2031 to develop and supply a range of custom chips. The S&P 500 information technology sector index climbed 1.3%, while the Philadelphia SE Semiconductor index gained 2.2% after two straight sessions of losses. Microsoft shares fell almost 1% after the company said it was cutting about 2.1% of its workforce, or roughly 4,800 jobs. In economic data, the Institute for Supply Management said its non-manufacturing purchasing managers index edged down to 54.0 last month, matching expectations. SpaceX dipped 1% with over US$26 billion worth of its shares exchanged, most of that in the final seconds of the session, and is set to join the Nasdaq 100 on Tuesday. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% to 7,537, the Nasdaq gained 1.1% to 26,121, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 0.3% to 53,055. Analysts expect S&P 500 companies to increase earnings by an aggregate 24% year over year in the second quarter, according to LSEG. Traders see a 25% chance of a 25-basis-point rate hike at the central bank's July 29 meeting, according to CME's FedWatch tool.

Syntiant Corp., an Intel-backed maker of semiconductors and software for artificial intelligence, filed for an initial public offering, according to Bloomberg.

Micron Technology and Sandisk fell in U.S. after-hours trading after Samsung Electronics released earnings guidance. According to Jin10, Sandisk was down 1.2% and Micron Technology was down 0.7% in after-hours trading.

Universal Pictures’ Minions & Monsters was the No. 1 movie in US and Canadian theaters over the long July 4 holiday weekend, posting $62 million in ticket sales, according to Bloomberg. The debut still fell short of earlier entries in the seven-film franchise.

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Japanese police arrested a 15-year-old student accused of using ChatGPT-assisted code to launch a cyberattack that cancelled 46,812 Bandai Channel subscriptions. The teenager allegedly exploited a system vulnerability, changed his IP address multiple times to evade security measures, and accessed user account information.

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is facing renewed questions over his ties to the crypto industry after reportedly accepting undisclosed gifts from a crypto entrepreneur previously convicted of fraud in the United States.