European Commission: EU and COP28 presidencies agree to establish cooperation at COP28 in support of global renewable energy and energy efficiency targets.

Riksbank: The Riksbank intends to repurchase the corresponding amount of euros in the foreign exchange market within one month.

Riksbank: These transactions are not for any monetary policy purpose. The impact on the liquidity of the banking system can be offset through swaps.

The Riksbank: has decided to make a payment to the EU in June 2023 totaling SEK 3.5 billion. The Riksbank has also done such swaps before to avoid unnecessarily large swings in the exchange rate relative to the euro.

The U.S. imported $323.57 billion in April, up from $320.4 billion in the previous month.

U.S. exports in April were $249.02 billion, up from $256.2 billion in the previous month.

Salesforce ( CRM.N ) rose 1.2% premarket after announcing an expanded artificial intelligence partnership with Google Cloud.

U.S. natural gas futures extended their intraday gains to 3.00% and are now at $2.330/MMBtu.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: The global minimum corporate tax rate agreement will prevent the race to the bottom.

Oleksiy Danilov, senior Ukrainian security official: Ukraine has not yet started a counterattack against Russian troops.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: I believe the United States will adopt a global tax plan in the next few years.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: Cryptocurrency regulation should be strengthened and will work with Congress to pass more legislation.

UBS expects the RBA to raise rates by 25 basis points in August.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen: If the debt ceiling is not raised, the consequences may lead to a recession.

Goldman Sachs now expects the RBA to hike rates by 25 basis points each in July, August and September, bringing the terminal rate to 4.85%, compared with a previous forecast of 4.35%.

British police: The nature of the item (issued near Downing Street) has been assessed as not suspicious, and the road blockade near Whitehall in London has been lifted.

British police: The road near Downing Street has been blocked.

British police are assessing a suspicious package found near Downing Street, the statement said.

European Central Bank Governing Council Makhlouf: Interest rates will not come down quickly from their peaks.