China Exports Beat July Forecasts as AI Demand Fuels High-Tech Trade 
US Dollar Falls as Weak July Jobs Report Dents Fed Rate Hike Bets 
US Stock Futures Rise as Markets Await July Payrolls Data 
Asian Currencies Hold Steady as US Dollar Nears Seven-Week Low Ahead of Key Jobs Data 
Gold Price Hits Seven-Week High as Fed Rate Hike Bets Fade and Hormuz Deal Hopes Grow 
Philippine GDP Growth Slows to 2.3% in Q2 
Asian Stocks Slide as Semiconductor Selloff Weighs on South Korea and Japan 
Oil Prices Slip as Hormuz Shipping Progress and Rising U.S. Crude Stocks Weigh on Market 
The U.S. Treasuries remained slightly higher during Monday’s afternoon session amid a muted trading day that witnessed data of little economic significance. However, this week’s few auctions and gross domestic product (GDP) for the second quarter of this year, due on August 29 shall provide some direction to the debt market.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield remained tad down at 1.522 percent, the super-long 30-year bond yield lost a little over 1 basis point to 2.012 percent and the yield on the short-term 2-year suffered 2 basis points to 1.510 percent by 12:30GMT.
Risk-off sentiment prevailed in early trade, with European equity markets opening lower and Asian bourses losing ground in today’s session, following the latest tit-for-tat trade war escalation between the world’s two largest economies, Eurobank Economic Analysis & Financial Markets Research reported.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Futures traded tad 0.49 percent lower at 2,869.38 by 12:35GMT.
