Investment Company Institute (ICI): U.S. money market assets increased to $6 trillion in the week ending May 1.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 1.95% at 18,520 points in the night session, 313 points higher than the previous session.

The USD/CAD pair fell 0.50% during the day and is now trading at 1.3669.

Iraqi Oil Ministry: Iraq exported 10,700 tons of propane for the first time.

Rivian (RIVN.O): The Normal plant in Illinois will continue to produce R1S, R1T electric trucks and commercial electric vans.

Rivian (RIVN.O) rose in the short term, with the increase expanding to 5.8%.

Rivian (RIVN.O) plans to increase factory capacity to produce the R2 model.

The U.S. state of Illinois will provide $827 million in financial support to Rivian (RIVN.O).

CFRA Research: Upgrade Qualcomm (QCOM.O) to buy.

Market news: Nasdaq plans to launch weekly options expiring on Monday in the coming weeks for contracts linked to commodities and U.S. Treasury ETFs, the latest sign of a surge in interest in short-term options.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Sony (SONY.N) and Apollo have made a $26 billion all-cash acquisition offer to Paramount.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $428.68 billion from 70 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD expanded its intraday gains to 0.50% and is now trading at 0.6556.

ConocoPhillips (COP.N) CFO: Interested in expanding cooperation with Qatar on liquefied natural gas.

ConocoPhillips (COP.N) CFO: Not worried about inflation.

NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg: We will take individual and collective action to respond to these activities and will continue to coordinate closely.

ConocoPhillips (COP.N) CFO: The company is eager to develop liquefied natural gas business in Asia.

According to the Washington Post: The US Department of Defense has admitted that it mistakenly killed a civilian in a drone strike in Syria last year.