Russian Economy Ministry: As of May 2, consumer inflation was at an annual rate of 2.42%, compared to 2.55% in the previous week.

CEO of First Horizon Bank: We are still in the process of processing this transaction.

CEO of First Horizon Bank: We have been notified by Toronto Dominion Bank about closing the transaction, and the closing of the transaction has nothing to do with us.

US ambassador to UN: Brazilian foreign policy adviser Celso Amorim will visit Ukraine "soon".

Russian consumer inflation was 0.19% in the week ended May 2.

The ECB hawks dropped the idea of a 50 basis point rate hike without much struggle, sources said.

The U.S. two-year Treasury yield fell to 3.8048%, the lowest since April 6.

ECB policymakers see no need to sell bonds under the asset purchase program, the sources said.

ECB Governing Council member Holzmann dissented from the rate hike decision, but he did not have voting rights at the meeting, sources said.

ECB policymakers have agreed on a small rate hike to trade forward guidance on rate hikes for more leeway and will gradually wind down its asset purchase program, the sources said.

Saudi Aramco: Saudi Arabia set the official selling price of Arabian Light crude oil sold to the United States in June at a premium of $6.25 per barrel to the American Sour Crude Index (ASCI).

Saudi Aramco set the price of Arabian Light crude oil sold in Northwest Europe in June at a premium of $2.10 a barrel to the price of Brent crude on the Intercontinental Exchange.

South African banks fell 3.6%, their biggest drop in nearly two months.