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ECB Governing Council Member Nagel: The ECB is aware of price risks and is ready to take action at any time; the current situation is not as optimistic as the baseline in March.

ECB Nagel: If the economic outlook does not improve significantly, the ECB Governing Council is more suitable to take response actions in June.

NI225 closed up 228.20 points, or 0.38%, on Friday, May 1, at 59513.12 points.

The actual annual retail sales rate in Switzerland in March was 0.5%, compared with the previous value of 0.90%.

French Prime Minister: Artificial intelligence tools will be developed and deployed to detect loopholes and weaknesses in the system. This is a question of security and sovereignty.

French Prime Minister: The country’s network and security services will conduct attack scenario drills on the system. Crisis scenarios including digital darkness will be anticipated in advance to deal with the most serious situations.

French Prime Minister: The protection of our systems must be strengthened to deal with the surge in cyber attacks.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index closed up 67.70 points, or 0.78%, on Friday, May 1, at 8733.50 points.

Prime Minister of New Zealand: Diplomatic solution is key and I commend Oman for its efforts in supporting a negotiated solution.

New Zealand Prime Minister: Oman remains committed to finding solutions to restore stability in the Gulf.

Prime Minister of New Zealand: Yesterday, I spoke to the Sultan of Oman.

New Zealand Prime Minister: Stability in the Gulf region is vital.

Switzerland's actual annual retail sales rate in March will be released in ten minutes.

The annual rate of the Nationwide house price index in the UK in April was 3%, compared with the expected 2.20% and the previous value of 2.20%.

The Nationwide house price index in the UK in April was 0.4% on a monthly basis, expected to be -0.30%, and the previous value was 0.90%.

According to Kyodo News: Japan has begun to release additional national oil reserves.

The Nationwide house price index for April will be released in ten minutes.

ECB Governing Council Member Robert Mueller: The ECB is increasingly likely to raise interest rates. It is increasingly obvious that energy prices will remain high.

According to Iran's Mehr News Agency: Pakistan will continue to serve as the official mediator in negotiations with the United States.

Standard Chartered Bank: The European Central Bank is expected to raise interest rates by 25 basis points in June. The previous forecast was for interest rates to remain unchanged.