Zimbabwe Finance Minister: Zimbabwean interest rate may be raised to 200%, Zimbabwean currency weakness may prompt the central bank to raise interest rates.

According to the Iranian media Fars News: The former representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran was assassinated in the northern city of Baborsar.

Indonesian official: Indonesia will set the crude palm oil reference price at $955.53 per ton from May 1 to 15.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: LNG production is the most promising field.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Nuclear energy has a future, and Russia must maintain a leading position.

WTI crude oil rose more than 1.00% in the day and is now at $77.84 per barrel.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: After the departure of foreign companies, we will continue to promote work on wind energy projects.

GBP/USD rose more than 0.50% on the day and is now at 1.2471.

EUR/USD extended its gains on the day to 0.50% and is now at 1.1028.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: I hope that OPEC+ will have the possibility of holding a face-to-face meeting.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: OPEC+ has proven itself to be an efficient organization.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: It is sometimes difficult for the 24 countries of OPEC+ to reach an agreement.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: We do not regulate oil prices through OPEC+.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Without the existence of OPEC+, energy security will be at risk.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: OPEC+ (policy) works.

CEO of Wintershall Dea, a German oil and gas company: Our medium-term goal is to have an annual output of 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: We have overcome difficulties in 2022.

CEO of German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea: We no longer see any prospect of cooperation with Russian energy, and this is our final decision.

[Financial website Forexlive commented on ZEW Investor Confidence Index in Switzerland in April] Swiss investor confidence further improved in April, and analysts currently see no immediate risk of a recession in the short term. That said, the report does suggest that the ramifications of near-term stress in the banking sector remain unclear, so this does add some risk to the outlook.