French Foreign Minister: Hopefully, if a ceasefire agreement is reached, the three French hostages can be included in the release list.

French Foreign Minister: The message from France and Egypt to Israel is not to attack Rafah.

French Foreign Minister: Efforts will continue in the next few hours to ensure an Israel-Gaza ceasefire.

New York Community Bancorp (NYCB.N) erased its losses and is now up more than 9%.

New York Community Bank (NYCB.N): 2024 will be a transition year, with more normalization expected in 2025/2026.

New York Community Bancorp (NYCB.N) fell nearly 2% in premarket trading.

New York Community Bancorp (NYCB.N) expects loan loss provisions to rise through the rest of 2024.

New York Community Bancorp (NYCB.N) set aside $315 million in provisions for credit losses in the first quarter, compared with market expectations for $249.6 million.

The U.S. MBA 30-year fixed mortgage rate was 7.29% in the week ending April 26, compared with 7.24% in the previous week.

Pfizer (PFE.N) first-quarter revenue was $14.9 billion, compared with market expectations of $13.91 billion.

Pfizer (PFE.N) rose 4.2% in premarket trading.

Pfizer (PFE.N) still expects fiscal year revenue of $58.5 billion to $61.5 billion.

India Meteorological Department: Rainfall is likely to be normal in May.

India Meteorological Department: The number of heat wave days across India may be 2-8 days more than normal.

India Meteorological Department: Maximum temperatures are expected to be above normal in most parts of the country in May.

Market news: India is unlikely to impose export tax on low-grade iron ore.

India Meteorological Department: Maximum temperatures in the east and northeastern regions were also above normal in April.

India Meteorological Department: Temperatures in southern India in April were above normal maximums.

Geely Auto (00175.HK) sold 153,267 vehicles in April, including 30,892 pure electric vehicles.

Russian Defense Ministry: Russia attacked the command headquarters of the southern detachment of the Ukrainian army.