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India's Ministry of Trade: India's merchandise exports in April were US$43.56 billion; merchandise imports were US$71.94 billion.

Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman: We will disclose our new position in Microsoft (MSFT.O) in our 13F report later today.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: Conflicting information from the United States is the main problem.

American Airlines shares fell premarket. Southwest Airlines (LUV.N) fell 1.1% and Delta Air Lines (DAL.N) fell 1.5%.

HSI closed down 426.31 points, or 1.62%, to 25962.73 points on May 15th (Friday);Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed down 135.06 points, or 2.66%, to 4941.14 points on May 15th (Friday). ;The state-owned enterprise index closed down 167.6 points, or 1.89%, at 8691.03 points on May 15 (Friday); The red chip index closed down 38.81 points, or 0.85%, at 4535.22 points on May 15 (Friday).

Hong Kong stocks closed, with the Hang Seng Index closing down 1.62% and the Stock Exchange Index closing down 2.66%. Most technology stocks fell, with Huahong Semiconductor (01347.HK) and Bilibili (09626.HK) falling by more than 8%, and Lenovo Group (00992.HK) falling by nearly 5%.

Bank of Japan: Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda will travel to France next week to attend the G7 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors meeting.

Boeing (BA.N) U.S. stocks fell 0.32% before the market opened.

BP is considering selling some of its gas assets in Egypt, sources said.

Government of India: UAE will invest US$5 billion in Indian Infrastructure Company, RBL Bank and Samman Capital.

Government of India: India and the United Arab Emirates signed a strategic oil reserve and natural gas supply agreement.

The Indian government stated that India and the United Arab Emirates have signed a strategic defense cooperation agreement.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: In the first phase of a larger prisoner exchange, Ukraine has brought back 205 prisoners of war from Russia.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: India stands side by side with the UAE and will continue to do so.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Russia hopes to end the war in Iran and achieve a sustainable solution.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Western intervention, whether through military or regime change, will increase the complexity of the situation in the Middle East and North Africa.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield rose 13 basis points to 4.035%.

US Secretary of State Rubio: Under no circumstances will we reach an unfavorable deal with Iran.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio: If the Iranians think we will compromise to reach a deal, they are wrong.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio: If we allow Iran to have nuclear weapons, it will permanently control the Strait of Hormuz.