Japan Manufacturing Growth Accelerates in June as Orders Surge Despite Iran War Cost Pressures 
Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
South Korea Stocks Tumble as AI-Fueled Rally Faces Profit-Taking Pressure 
Malaysia Central Bank Moves to Support Ringgit Amid Foreign Fund Outflows 
US Stock Futures Recover as Iran Signals Progress in Peace Talks 
China Keeps Loan Prime Rates Unchanged for 13th Straight Month as Policymakers Prioritize Credit Demand Recovery 
Yen Near 40-Year Low as USD/JPY Approaches Key 162 Level, Raising Intervention Concerns 
Wall Street Slides as AI Stocks Tumble Following South Korea Tech Sell-Off 
Japan Keeps Markets Guessing as Yen Nears 40-Year Low, Raising Intervention Risks 
US Dollar Climbs to One-Year High as Fed Rate Hike Expectations Surge 
The U.S. Treasuries flat during Thursday’s afternoon session ahead of the country’s weekly initial jobless claims, scheduled to be released today by 13:00GMT and speeches by FOMC members Kashkari and Williams and Chicago Fed President Evans later in the day.
Also, the 30-year auction, due today at 18:00GMT shall add further direction in the debt market.
The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury yield hovered around 1.872 percent, the super-long 30-year bond yield remained tad down at 2.354 percent and the yield on the short-term 2-year remained steady at 1.585 percent by 11:25GMT.
Risk aversion eased on reduced fears over a further immediate escalation in the Middle East after a US strike on January 3 that killed a senior Iranian military commander. European bourses opened higher, USTs and Bunds gave back part of recent hefty gains earlier today, while oil and gold prices dropped to levels that prevailed before the killing of the Iranian commander, Eurobank Economic Analysis & Financial Markets Research reported.
Meanwhile, the S&P 500 Futures remained tad 0.33 percent higher at 3,271.12 by 11:35GMT.
