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Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Venezuela’s acting president will visit India’s oil refining facilities.

French prosecutor: Detained Russian captain of oil tanker linked to Moscow has been released.

Russia condemns the United States’ continued attempts to promote an arms race in the Asia-Pacific region.

Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: India discussed critical minerals and mining issues with Venezuela.

Bank of America Global Research: Raised the target price of ASML Holdings from 1,710 euros to 1,921 euros.

The U.S. semiconductor sector continued to fall before the opening bell, with Broadcom (AVGO.O) falling more than 13%, Micron Technology (MU.O) falling 6%, AMD (AMD.O) and Intel (INTC.O) falling 4%.

According to media reports, South Korea's LG Group will purchase 10,000 GPUs from Nvidia (NVDA.O).

Eurozone retail sales recorded a monthly rate of -0.4% in April, the largest decline since October 2024.

European retail sales in April were -0.4% on a monthly basis, expected -0.3%, and the previous value was revised to 0.8% from -0.10%.

Eurozone retail sales in April were at an annual rate of 1%, expected to be 0.3%, and the previous value was revised from 1.20% to 2.1%.

Eurozone retail sales for April will be released in ten minutes.

European software and IT stocks rose, with Nemetschek, Capgemini, SAP, Temenos, Wolters Kluwer and Relx rising 3% to 5%.

According to TASS: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak said that OPEC+ countries do not intend to share the UAE's oil production quota.

Google (GOOG.O): Plans to launch ID Pass in some EU member states this summer.

Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs: The U.S. Trade Representative’s Office’s conclusions on forced labor do not fully and accurately reflect Vietnam’s efforts to alleviate the problem.

The British construction PMI in May was 38.2, compared with the expected 40.2 and the previous value of 39.7.

HSI closed down 379.81 points, or 1.48%, on June 4 (Thursday), to 25253.4 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed down 81.61 points, or 1.61%, to 4975.36 points on June 4 (Thursday); The state-owned enterprise index closed down 94.68 points, or 1.1%, to 8501.91 points on June 4 (Thursday); The red chip index closed down 36.33 points, or 0.82%, to 4420.51 points on June 4 (Thursday).

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT): New car registrations in the UK increased by 7.1% year-on-year in May, reaching 160,662 vehicles.

Broadcom (AVGO.O) U.S. stocks fell 11% before the market opened as the company forecast lower-than-expected second-quarter revenue.

ECB President Christine Lagarde is due to speak in ten minutes.