Prigozin, head of the Russian "Wagner Group": There was fierce fighting in the Bakhmut area, and we began to receive ammunition.

European Mediterranean Seismological Center: A 5.1-magnitude earthquake hit the Bataan area of the Philippines.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned that there is no "secret plan" to resolve the U.S. debt impasse.

Burhan, Chief of Staff of the Sudanese Army: If a ceasefire agreement cannot be reached, negotiations in Saudi Arabia will not be of any benefit.

Sudanese Army Chief of Staff Burhan: If there is a split in Khartoum, the conflict will spread to other parts of Sudan.

According to AL QAHERA: Sudanese Army Chief of Staff Burhan said that we can discuss a solution after a permanent ceasefire in Khartoum.

US fund manager Bill Gross: Investors should expect future inflation to be 3-4%.

US fund manager Bill Gross says 30% of his investments are in oil pipeline partners.

According to COINDESK: Apollo Global Management participated in the bidding to acquire the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius.

The Fed accepted a total of $2.218 trillion from 104 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Citi: Banking stress and debt ceiling issues pose extreme downside risks to both growth and underlying market volatility.

According to the Belarusian State News Agency: Belarusian President Lukashenko arrived in Moscow for a visit.

Musk: Twitter is cleaning up accounts that have been completely inactive for several years.

According to Nikkei: The G7 will outline plans to address bank runs in a statement.

Fitch: U.S. state tax revenues expand at a healthy rate in FY2023; signs of a broad deceleration in tax growth relative to the previous two years are evident.

The Nasdaq 100 turned higher.

Fitch said the economic recovery slowed across the U.S. states, with tax growth stagnating in California and New York.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Credit Suisse economist Zoltan Pozsar resigns.

The German DAX30 index closed down 6.57 points, or 0.04%, to 15934.45 points on May 8 (Monday); the French CAC40 index closed up 7.98 points, or 0.11%, to 7440.91 points on May 8 (Monday); The 50 index closed up 6.60 points, or 0.15%, at 4347.65 points on May 8 (Monday); Spain’s IBEX35 index closed at 9209.57 points, or 0.68%, at 9209.57 points; Italy’s FTSE MIB index On May 8 (Monday), it closed up 83.43 points, or 0.31%, to 27432.00 points.

In Brazilian spot market trading, the Brazilian real fell 1% on the day against the dollar.