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According to the British Financial Times: Putin and Zelensky have a cold attitude towards US-led peace negotiations.

According to the Financial Times: Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group seeks to transfer risks associated with US$2 billion in private credit loans.

Japan’s 20-year government bond yield rose to 3.511%, the highest level since 1996.

Wedbush: Raise target price on Oracle (ORCL.N) to $275 from $225.

According to the Financial Times: JPMorgan Chase (JPM.N) plans to reshuffle investment banking personnel in a broader restructuring.

Silver futures prices in India jumped 6%.

Gold futures prices in India jumped 6% after the Indian government increased import tariffs on gold.

According to Nikkei: U.S. chip giant Texas Instruments (TXN.O) is expanding its global manufacturing scale, including in Japan and Malaysia, to increase in-house production of its "basic" semiconductors to support the booming artificial intelligence infrastructure market, an executive said.

According to Nikkei: Japan’s three major banks will obtain the right to use Claude Mythos, a powerful artificial intelligence model developed by American startup Anthropic, as early as the end of May.

OECD: Japan should rely mainly on consumption tax increases to increase revenue.

OECD: The Bank of Japan should be prepared to adjust the pace and maturity structure of its bond purchases in the event of disruptions in financial and bond markets.

OECD: The Bank of Japan is expected to raise short-term policy interest rates to 2% by the end of 2027.

In Hong Kong stocks, most film and television entertainment stocks fell, with NetEase (09999.HK) falling more than 5%, Tencent Music (01698.HK) and Huanxi Media (01003.HK) falling more than 4%.

NI225 stood at 63,000 points, up 0.48% during the day.

Hong Kong stock JD.com (09618.HK) rose more than 5% after the results, with transaction volume exceeding HK$200 million.

Australia's first quarter seasonally adjusted wage price index annual rate was 3.3%, expected to be 3.30%, and the previous value was 3.40%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted salary price index in the first quarter was 0.8%, expected to be 0.8%, and the previous value was 0.80%.

Bank of Japan official: Will continue to pay close attention to the impact of the situation in the Middle East on the economy and prices.

Jitai Technology (07666.HK), Hong Kong’s “first AI drug delivery stock”, soared 173% on its first day of listing.

HSI opened up 22.08 points, or 0.08%, at 26369.99 points on May 13 (Wednesday); Hong Kong's Hang Seng Technology Index opened down 15.2 points, or 0.3%, at 5055.41 points at the opening on May 13 (Wednesday); The state-owned enterprise index opened on May 13 (Wednesday), down 4.76 points, or 0.05%, to 8877.61 points;The red chip index opened on May 13 (Wednesday), up 10.25 points, or 0.22%, to 4639.4 points.