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Core machine orders in Japan contracted a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent on month in June to 777.4 billion yen, the Cabinet Office said on Tuesday - falling for the second time in three months.

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Core machine orders in Japan were down a seasonally adjusted 2.7 percent on month in June, the Cabinet Office said on Tuesday.

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UK home prices increased at the fastest pace in almost seven years in July as government measures to stimulate the housing market attracted more buyers, a survey by the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) showed Tuesday. The RICS house price balance rose to 36 in July, the highest reading since November 2006, from 21 in June. Economists expected the reading to rise to 24.

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Business inventories in the U.S. were virtually unchanged in the month of June, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday. The report said business inventories came in unchanged in June after edging down by 0.1 percent in May. Economists had been expecting inventories to increase by about 0.2 percent.

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Israel's trade deficit for July widened from a year-ago, data released by the Central Bureau of Statistics showed on Tuesday.

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Sentiment among Australian consumers climbed to a five-month high in August, boosted by a quarter-point reduction in the central bank's key interest rate earlier this month, a survey by Westpac and the Melbourne Institute showed Wednesday. The index of consumer sentiment rose 3.5 percent month-on-month to 105.7 in August from 102.1 in July. The August reading was the highest since March 2013.

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Australia's Westpac-Melbourne Institute Consumer Sentiment Index was up 3.5 percent in August compared to the previous month, coming in with a score of 105.7.

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The Bank of England policymakers approved forward guidance in a split vote as Martin Weale called for tougher stance on above 2 percent inflation, the minutes of the meeting showed Wednesday.

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Slovakia's EU measure of inflation slowed for the second straight month in July, data released by the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic showed on Wednesday.

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South Africa's retail sales rose slower in June compared to the previous month, data released by Statistics South Africa showed on Wednesday.

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