The current news line says 'BIP148 activated with no split or other issues. The Bcash split will happen later today (UTC).' As I was expecting, nothing negative is going happen and a panic selling wave was there for no reason. I think we will see many investors who cashed out their bitcoins before this day will now again buy Bitcoins immoderately after a green signal from the centre.
There wasn't really a panic selling wave, though. On the contrary, the market has been steadily climbing for 2 weeks now. Now, we are only a few hours away from the Bitcoin Cash fork, so things could get a bit more turbulent. I've got my popcorn ready.