China’s A-share banking sector has remained under pressure in 2026, with 42 listed banks trading below book value as of the July 9 close, according to Jiemian News. The report said investor positioning has diverged during the share-price pullback, with some funds increasing allocations to the sector this year while others have reduced holdings based on their own considerations. Industry sources cited in the report said insurers still have room to raise their allocation and investment intensity in bank stocks going forward.

Southbound funds sharply increased purchases of Hong Kong stocks this week, with inflows concentrated in heavyweight technology names, as the Hang Seng Tech Index rebounded after a June pullback, Jiemian News reported. Choice data showed southbound investors recorded net buys of HK$14.2 billion on July 8 and HK$9.83 billion on July 9, for a combined net inflow of nearly HK$25 billion over the two trading days. Separately, Choice estimates that Hong Kong tech-themed ETFs have seen net inflows of RMB 7.494 billion since the start of July.

UK-based maritime analytics firm Windward said in a July 9 report that commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen sharply amid ongoing U.S.-Iran exchanges of fire, with outbound traffic from the Persian Gulf “essentially stalled,” according to Jiemian News. Windward recorded 51 transits on July 7, including 35 vessels leaving the Persian Gulf; 35 transits on July 8, with 18 outbound vessels and only two using the southern lane near Oman; and just five transits from the night of July 8 to early July 9, with only one vessel outbound. The report said the southern lane has been largely abandoned and that outbound commercial traffic has entered a de facto shutdown for the first time since a partial recovery in mid-June, while the risk level for the strait and surrounding waters was assessed as “critical.” Separately, U.S. Central Command said on social media on July 8 (U.S. Eastern Time) that U.S. forces carried out additional strikes on Iran, marking a second consecutive day of attacks that the U.S. said were in response to recent Iranian strikes on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran’s military responded by striking multiple U.S. targets in the Middle East, the report said.

Oman’s Foreign Minister Badr and Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi held a phone call on July 9 to discuss the latest developments in the regional situation, according to Jiemian News. The two sides agreed on the need to stop military escalation and to pursue a peaceful resolution through political and diplomatic channels while taking into account the interests of all parties. They also said freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz should be safeguarded in line with international law to ensure smooth passage for commercial vessels and stable energy supplies.

Chinese regulators including the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), local CSRC offices and stock exchanges have issued 190 penalty notices to securities firms and industry practitioners so far in 2026, involving more than 50 brokerages, according to Jiemian News. Brokerage-related cases accounted for the largest share, mainly involving employees privately accepting client orders to trade securities and other marketing compliance breaches; investment banking penalties were the second-largest category, including inadequate due diligence and weak bond internal controls.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. has been testing AI agents designed to allocate money, and said the models beat a traditional 60/40 portfolio in backtests, according to Bloomberg. The work comes as investors increasingly use artificial intelligence for tasks ranging from stock selection to risk management.

The Tsleil-Waututh Nation is challenging a plan by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority in British Columbia to dredge under the Second Narrows Bridge to accommodate fuller oil tankers shipping crude from the Trans Mountain Corp. pipeline, according to Bloomberg.

Peru’s central bank held its key interest rate at 4.25% for a 10th straight month on Thursday, betting that a recent uptick in inflation will prove temporary, according to Bloomberg.

Gold was little changed as investors weighed renewed fighting in the Middle East and the prospect of interest-rate hikes to combat stubborn inflation, according to Bloomberg.

The U.S. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reported that the federal budget deficit totaled about $1.4 trillion in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, up $35 billion from the same period a year earlier. According to Odaily, the figures were published in the CBO’s “Monthly Budget Review” dated June 2026. The report said federal revenue during the period was $4.2 trillion, an increase of $142 billion, or 4%. Federal outlays totaled $5.5 trillion, rising by $178 billion, or 3%, compared with the same period of the prior fiscal year.

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