The Central Bank of Peru cut its benchmark interest rate to 5.75% from 6.0%.

The mayor of Moscow, Russia, said that Russian air defense forces intercepted a drone in southern Moscow and the wreckage caused no casualties.

The White House: We have offered Israel some alternatives to hunting down Hamas members.

White House: The United States has not yet made a final decision on how to continue providing weapons to Israel.

Microsoft (MSFT.O) will launch a web store for mobile games.

A U.S. appeals court rejected a request by Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, to have gun charges against him dismissed.

Market news: OpenAI plans to announce its AI search product next Monday, a move that will intensify its competition with search giant Google.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: The inflation rate has dropped significantly, but has not yet reached the target level.

Foreign central banks held U.S. Treasuries of -$10.582 billion in the week ending May 4, compared with $9.538 billion in the previous week.

As of the week ending May 8, the outstanding balance of discount window loans provided by the Federal Reserve was $6.2 billion, and the outstanding balance of loans under the Bank Term Funding Program (BTFP) was $112.7 billion.

NYSE: Short positions increased 0.9% to 16.36 billion shares at the end of April.

Big U.S. banks told the Federal Reserve that assessing climate risks is challenging.

U.S. leveraged loan funds saw their biggest weekly inflows in two years.

Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog: Israel is close to pushing Hamas to the "brink of collapse."

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.66% at 18,642 points in the night session, 104 points higher than the previous session.

Market news: The owner of Calpine, the largest natural gas and geothermal power generation company in the United States, is exploring various options including a sale and an initial public offering.

Chadian opposition leader Sousse Masra has claimed victory in the May 6 presidential election.

According to Israeli sources on May 9, the ceasefire talks in Cairo broke down and the Israeli army will continue to launch operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah "as planned."