Binance Wallet updates the bStocks Alpha trading volume reward mechanism: Certain assets are eligible for 4x rewards on designated trading days.

SK Hynix announced a dividend of 375 South Korean won per share, will release its shareholder return policy plan in the third quarter, and is weighing additional shareholder return measures.

UBS Group said it forecasts gold prices will rise to $5,000 per ounce in the first half of 2027.

According to Bitget market data, South Korea's KOSPI index fell more than 5% this week, marking its seventh consecutive weekly decline — the longest losing streak since December 2022.

South Korea’s Nextrade will temporarily ban orders placed at the daily price limit (both the upper limit for price surges and lower limit for price drops) starting August 12, per an official announcement, to prevent price distortion. This temporary measure will remain in effect until September 14, when the platform introduces a static volatility interruption mechanism. Nextrade noted that some stocks, including SK Hynix, have been traded at the daily price limit during its pre-market sessions, sparking market concerns that even small trading volumes could lead to price distortion.

The US July unemployment rate and non-farm payroll data will be released at 20:30 Beijing time tonight. Below are institutional forecasts for US July non-farm payroll employment: Vanguard: +10,000; Berenberg Bank: +40,000; Scotiabank: +50,000; Moody's Analytics: +50,000; Royal Bank of Canada: +63,000; Deutsche Bank: +65,000; SEB: +65,000; UBS Group: +70,000; TD Securities: +70,000; Danske Bank: +70,000; Morgan Stanley: +70,000; HSBC Holdings: +70,000; BNP Paribas: +75,000; ING Group: +75,000; Bank of Montreal: +75,000; Goldman Sachs: +75,000; JPMorgan Chase: +75,000; Daiwa Capital Markets: +75,000; Westpac Banking Corp: +75,000; Standard Chartered: +75,000; Pantheon Macroeconomics: +75,000; U.S. Bancorp: +75,000; Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce: +75,000; High-Frequency Economics: +78,000; Sumitomo Mitsui: +78,000; Oxford Economics: +80,000; Commonwealth Bank of Australia: +80,000; BofA Merrill Lynch: +80,000; ANZ Bank: +80,000; Lloyds Banking Group: +80,000; NatWest Markets: +85,000; Capital Economics: +90,000; Wells Fargo: +95,000; Barclays: +100,000; Commerzbank: +100,000; Societe Generale: +105,000; Citigroup: +115,000; Mizuho Securities: +115,000; Nomura Securities: +130,000. Reuters consensus forecast: +80,000.

According to Bitget market data, the Nikkei 225 index closed down 76.55 points on Friday, August 7, a 0.12% drop, at 65,606.71 points. South Korea's KOSPI index closed down 37.67 points on Friday, August 7, a 0.6% decline, at 6,258.71 points; SK Hynix fell 4.88%, while Samsung Electronics rose 0.21%.