Reuters poll: S&P 500 expected to reach 5,302 points by the end of 2024 (5,100 points in February survey).

Novo Nordisk (NVO.N): Fire at Danish headquarters now under control.

Brazilian Finance Minister Haddad: Inflation data performed well and the core inflation rate was below the target level.

Spartan economist Peter Cardillo: We think there will be little change in the language on inflation in the FOMC minutes.

Polish Central Bank member Duda: Poland will only begin to gradually relax its policy in 2025.

Sources: Kazakhstan resumed gasoline exports in May after a two-year hiatus, shipping the fuel to Georgia.

German government spokesman: There is no shortcut to a two-state solution (Israel and Palestine).

According to CNBC: Amazon (AMZN.O) plans to make comprehensive artificial intelligence-based improvements to the Alexa voice assistant.

IDF: Rocket launchers found ready in Philadelphia corridor between Gaza and Egypt.

Pinduoduo (PDD.O) executive: The goal is to further expand and deepen our supply chain and connect with merchants around the world.

Pinduoduo (PDD.O) executives: Actively strengthening compliance capabilities, including compliance capabilities related to merchant operations, such as product compliance, consumer protection, etc.; exploring new models to create value for customers.

Google (GOOG.O), Meta Platforms (META.O), Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Salesforce (CRM.N) have pledged to contract up to 20 million tonnes of high-quality nature-based carbon removal credits by 2030.

Goldman Sachs expects the Bank of England to cut interest rates twice in 2024, compared with its previous forecast of three.

UBS: The Bank of England may stop actively selling UK gilts in September. The Bank of England may continue to clear its asset purchase facility (APF) gilt holdings, but will only redeem gilts at a slower pace.

Goldman Sachs: The Bank of England is expected to start cutting interest rates in August, compared with its previous forecast of June.

MUFG: Euro-denominated investment-grade credit remains attractive given the current high yields and good credit quality of most European investment-grade companies, and is also supported by moderate economic growth in the euro area.

The Baltic Dry Index fell 1.37% to 1,804 points.

Philippine central bank governor: We don’t care too much about when the Fed cuts interest rates.

Governor of the Central Bank of the Philippines: We are paying more attention to monetary policy and foreign exchange management.