The Polish zloty extended gains against the euro, hitting a four-year high and now trading at 4.2895.

UK Maritime Trade Operations Office: Received reports of an incident 71 nautical miles southwest of Salif, Yemen.

UK Reform Party leader Richard Theis: Lee Anderson, the former vice-chairman of the UK Conservative Party, has joined the right-wing UK Reform party.

Tesla spokesperson: Tesla’s German factory is expected to restore power today, and the time for full resumption of production is not yet clear.

Haina International: Lowered the target price of JD.com (JD.O) from US$30 to US$28.

Lebanese Hezbollah: Launched multiple drone attacks on air defense posts on the Israeli border.

Jefferies: Raise Pinduoduo ADR rating to Buy; target price is $157.

Market news: Reddit applied for an IPO to issue 22 million shares, with an expected price range of US$31 to US$34 per share, and the stock code is RDDT.

Norwegian National Petroleum Council: Stopping oil and gas exploration is costly.

Eurogroup Chairman Donoghue: The euro zone economy should avoid the risk of recession.

Eurogroup President Donoghue: We are controlling inflation and still see the economy will grow.

Eurogroup President Donoghue: There may be EU tools to fund long-term defence.

Eurogroup President Donoghue: There are many different views on funding defense spending. Short-term defense will be financed through state funds.

Eurogroup Chairman Donoghue: If individual countries want to do more on the Capital Markets Union, that’s up to them.

Eurogroup President Donoghue: My role is to find consensus among all ministers.

Eurogroup Chairman Donoghue: Confident that the Capital Markets Union (CMU) plan will be unanimously agreed.

According to the Wall Street Journal: EQT, the largest natural gas producer in the United States, will acquire Equitrans Midstream, a U.S. natural gas gathering company, at a price of US$12.50 per share, valuing the combined company at more than US$35 billion.

UBS Global Research: The Bank of England is expected to start cutting interest rates in August, previously expected to be in May.

Belarusian Ministry of Defense: Belarus has begun a comprehensive inspection of the combat readiness of its armed forces.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) rose more than 2% before the market opened, after falling more than 2% before.