Argentine Economy Minister Caputo: Argentina will achieve a budget surplus in May.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Blackstone Group will offer equity to most employees in the companies it acquires.

The API crude oil production in the United States in the week ending May 17 was 482,000 barrels per day, compared with 256,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

The United States imported 246,000 barrels per day of API refined oil products in the week ending May 17, compared with 131,000 barrels per day in the previous week.

The U.S. API crude oil imports for the week ending May 17 were 95,000 barrels, compared with -131,000 barrels in the previous week.

API heating oil inventories in the United States for the week ending May 17 were -0.6 million barrels, compared with -254,000 barrels in the previous week.

API Cushing crude oil inventories in the United States for the week ending May 17 were 1.77 million barrels, compared with -601,000 barrels in the previous week.

API refined oil inventories in the United States for the week ending May 17 were -320,000 barrels, expected to be -100,000 barrels, and the previous value was 349,000 barrels.

API gasoline inventories in the United States for the week ending May 17 were 2.088 million barrels, compared with expectations of -1.60 million barrels and the previous value of -1.269 million barrels.

Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: The "general direction" of capital gains tax increases will remain unchanged.

Market News: Trump campaign now accepts cryptocurrency donations.

Senior Russian diplomat to the EU: The only certainty is that sooner or later the EU will be forced to return what it stole.

Senior Russian diplomat to the EU: EU plan to transfer frozen profits from Russian assets to Ukraine will have unpredictable consequences.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.06% at 19,212 points in the night session, 9 points below the spot price.

According to Axios reporter: Israeli Communications Minister Shlomo Karshi said he had ordered the return of the Associated Press equipment.

Market news: Apple (AAPL.O) takes steps to ask the court to dismiss the antitrust case.

According to the Associated Press: The United States urged the Israeli government to return the seized equipment of the Associated Press and unblock the videos.