The White House: The US delegation will not participate in the trip to Saudi Arabia and the trip will be rescheduled.

Before the EIA report was released, Brent crude oil futures rose $1 to $89.92 a barrel, hitting a new intraday high.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Rio Tinto Group faces the risk that Norwegian funds may withdraw investment.

Spot gold has erased most of its gains since the release of U.S. non-manufacturing data and is now trading at $2,277.26 per ounce.

Hamas leader Haniyeh said he insisted on the ceasefire conditions, and Israel must end its military offensive and withdraw from Gaza.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Russia fully fulfills its commitments to OPEC+.

U.S. Treasury yields retreated following the release of U.S. services sector data.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Russia’s domestic demand for fuel is fully met.

Three-month copper prices on the London Metal Exchange hit $9,197.5 a ton, the highest level since February 2023, up 2.2%.

Neto, President of the Central Bank of Brazil: Our foreign exchange intervention has nothing to do with exchange rate changes or foreign exchange fluctuations.

Neto, President of the Central Bank of Brazil: So far, the Brazilian real is relatively good compared with other emerging market currencies.

Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Intelligence: Confidence in the outlook for the year ahead has also improved, which will help maintain solid growth in the second quarter. However, the continued improvement in the economy has been accompanied by new upward price pressures, especially wage increases that have pushed up costs. Rising raw material and fuel prices have also increased the cost burden, which in turn has pushed average prices of goods and services up at the highest pace since July last year. Both manufacturers and service providers are seeing an increase in cost and price inflation, which could trigger higher inflation in the short term.

Williamson, chief business economist at S&P Global Wealth Intelligence: Business activity in the U.S. service sector rose further in March, further indicating that the U.S. economy achieved strong growth in the first quarter. Combined with the accelerated growth of the manufacturing industry, the latest service sector PMI data shows that the annualized GDP growth rate in the first three months of this year was about 2%.

The final value of the S&P Global Services PMI in the United States in March was 51.7, the lowest since December 2023.

According to The Information: Amazon (AMZN.O) laid off hundreds of employees in its physical store technology department.

According to New Delhi Radio, a reactor explosion occurred in southern India, five people are feared dead and several others are trapped.