The Sankei daily newspaper reports on the matter
This comes amid a rise in infections, with Tokyo recording 920 new daily cases today – the highest since 13 May.

Forex news from the European trading session – 6 July 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– NZD leads, CAD lags on the day
– European equities lower; S&P 500 futures flat

PBOC warns institutions within its jurisdiction not to provide services to crypto-related companies
That includes companies related to providing business premises, commercial display, marketing and public relations, and/or advertising of cryptocurrency-related activities.

PBOC warns of financial institutions over cryptocurrencies
This comes as the central bank’s Beijing office orders a shutdown of a local-based software maker suspected of cryptocurrency trading. As the headlines cross, Bitcoin is taking a bit of a knock from near $35,000 earlier to $34,200 now:

Remarks by ECB vice president, Luis de Guindos
The remark on inflation is more to the fact that this isn’t quite the kind of inflation that central bankers want as it isn’t „natural“.

Latest data released by ZEW – 6 July 2021
There is a minor drop in the expectations reading from the lofty highs in May and June but it is merely a slight moderation as the optimism transfers over to present conditions.

Forex news from the European trading session – 5 July 2021
Headlines:
Markets:
– GBP leads, CAD lags on the day
– European equities mixed; S&P 500 futures flat

USD/CAD is up slightly to 1.2440 levels
The high today hit 1.2354 but sellers have been leaning on the 200-hour moving average (blue line) to keep any upside momentum at bay, after having driven price lower post-NFP at the end of last week.

Oil up 0.3% to $75.40 levels currently
Sure, they are blocking a deal/proposal for a 400k bpd increase in output per month starting from August, but they aren’t doing so because they are solely against that idea in particular, it’s more of a bargaining chip.

Latest data released by Sentix – 5 July 2021
Investor morale is seen improving to start 2H 2021 as economic conditions in the region pick up ahead of the summer, with the services sector in particular showing a marked improvement as virus restrictions are loosened. Sentix notes that: