• U.S. existing home sales were at an annual rate of 7.16 million units in July, down 2.6% for the month.
  

• Mexico's trade deficit narrowed to $619 million in July as high oil prices lifted export revenues.
  

• Canada's composite index of leading indicators rose 0.3% in July to 205.2.
  

• An index of services in Japan increased 1% in June.
  

• South African gold production in the second quarter of 2005 fell by 2.4 percent versus the first quarter and by a significant 18 percent on a year-on-year basis when compared to the second quarter of 2004, the Chamber of Mines said on Tuesday.