The Indian rupee fell about 1% in May, its biggest drop since December 2022.

French President Macron: France will sign nuclear energy and hydrogen energy contracts with Slovakia.

Commerzbank: Nickel prices are expected to reach $23,000/ton by the end of 2023 (previously expected to be $29,000/ton) and fall to $20,000/ton by the end of 2024 (previously expected to be $26,000/ton).

Deutsche Bank: It is expected that the zinc price will be US$2,500/ton by the end of 2023 and US$2,700/ton by the end of 2024 (previously expected to be US$3,400/ton).

Commerzbank: Aluminum prices are expected to rise to $2,600/ton by the end of 2023 and to $2,800/ton by the end of 2024 (previously expected to be $2,800/ton and $3,000/ton, respectively).

Deutsche Bank: Copper prices are expected to be US$9,000/ton by the end of 2023 and US$9,400/ton by the end of 2024 (previously expected to be US$10,000/ton).

Senior Turkish official: President Erdogan is expected to announce the new cabinet members of Turkey on Friday or Saturday local time at the latest.

Russian traders: The output of ultra-low sulfur diesel exported from Primorsk in May increased by 10% compared with the previous plan, reaching 1.3 million tons.

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): Evidence suggests buying green heating and insulation products can be a positive experience, but raises concerns about complexity and insufficient information.

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): We also found that there are some areas where quality assurance schemes could do more to better protect consumers.

Eurozone government bond yields fell slightly after the Italian CPI data, German 10-year bond yields fell 6.5 basis points to 2.273%, and Italian 10-year bond yields fell 6 basis points to 4.098%.

UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA): Further work will be carried out to investigate potentially misleading practices in the area of green heating and insulation.

According to Israeli sources, Israel was not involved in the bombing on the Syrian-Lebanese border.

GBP/USD shed as much as 0.50% on the day to trade at 1.2350.

Dubai Mercantile Exchange (DME): The price of Oman crude oil in July was US$71.71/barrel, down US$11.57 from US$83.28/barrel in June.

Visco, Governor of the Bank of Italy: As the cost of public debt gradually rises, reducing public debt remains the top priority.