According to the Iranian media Fars News: The former representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran was assassinated in the northern city of Baborsar.

Indonesian official: Indonesia will set the crude palm oil reference price at $955.53 per ton from May 1 to 15.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: LNG production is the most promising field.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Nuclear energy has a future, and Russia must maintain a leading position.

WTI crude oil rose more than 1.00% in the day and is now at $77.84 per barrel.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: After the departure of foreign companies, we will continue to promote work on wind energy projects.

GBP/USD rose more than 0.50% on the day and is now at 1.2471.

EUR/USD extended its gains on the day to 0.50% and is now at 1.1028.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: I hope that OPEC+ will have the possibility of holding a face-to-face meeting.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: OPEC+ has proven itself to be an efficient organization.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: It is sometimes difficult for the 24 countries of OPEC+ to reach an agreement.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: We do not regulate oil prices through OPEC+.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: Without the existence of OPEC+, energy security will be at risk.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: OPEC+ (policy) works.

CEO of Wintershall Dea, a German oil and gas company: Our medium-term goal is to have an annual output of 350,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak: We have overcome difficulties in 2022.

CEO of German oil and gas company Wintershall Dea: We no longer see any prospect of cooperation with Russian energy, and this is our final decision.

[Financial website Forexlive commented on ZEW Investor Confidence Index in Switzerland in April] Swiss investor confidence further improved in April, and analysts currently see no immediate risk of a recession in the short term. That said, the report does suggest that the ramifications of near-term stress in the banking sector remain unclear, so this does add some risk to the outlook.

London Metal Exchange (LME): Aluminum inventories increased by 2,200 tons, copper inventories increased by 1,050 tons, nickel inventories decreased by 72 tons, lead inventories were flat, tin inventories decreased by 25 tons, and zinc inventories were flat.