Europe’s carmakers, facing weaker sales and increased Chinese competition, will now have an added burden from U.S. tariff challenges.

Asian equities had a strong, resilient day despite President Trump’s tariff threats as the US dollar weakened overnight. Hong Kong and Mainland China fell during morning trading, though grinded higher with a value bias in both markets, though Hong Kong internet stocks had a positive day.

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Deliveroo’s sales, gross transaction values (GTVs) and orders all rose. But the company also swung to a first-half loss, which it attributed to its takeover by DoorDash.

U.S. investors pour $50+ billion into Saudi Arabia & UAE. Salesforce, Franklin Templeton, Nvidia lead massive Middle East investment boom in AI & tech.

Fixed income markets see the Fed cutting interest rates at the next meeting on September 17, in part due to recent soft jobs data.