Japan April Machinery Orders: -9.1% m/m (vs. expected -10.8%)

Aramco's Q1 net income jumps to $33.6B on higher crude prices; dividend up 3.5%. Gearing at 4.8%.

Japan's petrol subsidies are draining funds at 300bn yen a month while yen intervention nears IMF limits, putting Tokyo's fiscal and currency strategy on a collision course,

Energy inflation spikes 10.9%, eroding Social Security's 2.8% COLA. A 4% COLA is possible for 2027.

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AMD's 320% gain is scorching! Investors debate if it's too late, with some downgrading despite soaring data center revenue.

Iran talks stall, oil futures jump 2.7% to $97.97. Gold dips 0.76%. Dow futures down 0.40%.

Netanyahu told CBS the Iran war is not over and declined to rule out seizing nuclear material, while separate reports claim Trump told him 'I want to go in' regarding Iranian nuclear sites.