Japanese Finance Minister Shunichi Suzuki: It is vital to continue revenue and expenditure reforms.

U.S. Defense Secretary Austin discussed with Israeli Defense Minister Galant the need to increase aid to Gaza.

Market news: US Secretary of Defense Austin had a phone call with Slovak Deputy Prime Minister Ro.

Market news: Snowflake (SNOW.N) is reportedly in talks to acquire Reka AI, a startup founded in 2022 to develop large-scale language models.

Argentine Finance Minister: The government achieved a fiscal surplus of 17.4 billion pesos in April.

OneStream, a company invested by KKR, has reportedly secretly submitted an application for an IPO in the United States, seeking a valuation of up to $6 billion in the IPO.

The regional governor said at least five Russian drones attacked Kharkiv.

As of the week ending May 11, foreign central banks held U.S. Treasuries of -19.164 billion U.S. dollars, compared with -10.582 billion U.S. dollars in the previous week.

The Central Bank of Uruguay set the interest rate at 8.5%, down from 8.50% previously.

The United States will provide up to $3.4 billion in funding in June for its own uranium enrichment program.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): U.S. money market assets increased to $6.05 trillion in the week ending May 15.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 1.2% at 19,562 points in the night session, 185 points higher.

The White House: Fuel and aid are expected to be delivered to Gaza through the port in the coming days, and the issue of land access is still being processed.

IAEA: A new team of experts arrived today at Ukraine’s Zaporizhia nuclear power plant to help prevent a nuclear accident during armed conflict.

Goldman Sachs: While we believe the sharp rise in natural gas prices to over $2.50 per million British thermal units this month was primarily driven by fundamentals, further price gains from here are limited.

Sources: Abu Dhabi National Oil Company ADNOC of the United Arab Emirates plans to set up a trading desk in the United States.

U.S. Senator Ernst: FDIC Chairman Gruenberg should resign or be fired by President Biden.

The gains of the three major U.S. stock indices continued to narrow and are now close to flat.

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell rapidly during the session, erasing earlier gains.