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Hong Kong stock Jinhui Holdings (09993.HK) continued to rise by more than 90%, and closed up by more than 200% on the previous trading day.

According to Nikkei: Nidec is expected to end its electric vehicle joint venture with Strantis.

Japan's 2-year government bond yield rose 3.0 basis points to 1.435%.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield rose 20 basis points to 4.2%.

Japan will issue 2.5 trillion yen of five-year government bonds with a coupon rate of 2.0%.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield rose 5 basis points to 2.035%.

German Bund futures and French Bund futures were down 0.4% in early trading.

Hong Kong stock Leap Motors (09863.HK) opened down 3.23%. The company's net loss in the first quarter of 2026 was 390 million yuan. The increase in year-on-year losses was mainly due to the decline in total gross profit and the increase in expenses.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield rose 17 basis points to 4.170%, a record high.

HSI opened on May 18 (Monday), down 123.77 points, or 0.48%, to 25838.96 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on May 18 (Monday), down 43.43 points, or 0.88%, to 4897.71 points ;The state-owned enterprise index opened down 43.57 points, or 0.5%, to 8647.46 points on May 18 (Monday);The red chip index opened down 18.16 points, or 0.4%, to 4517.06 points on May 18 (Monday).

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening down 0.48% and the KITI opening down 0.88%. The new stock Yifei Technology (06871.HK) opened up 79.18% on its first day of listing. During the public offering stage, the company received nearly 15,000 times subscriptions, priced at HK$30.5 per share, and closed up nearly 80% in the dark market.

NI225 fell by 1.00% within the day.

The Japanese government may issue new debt to fund a supplementary budget, sources said.

Russian drones and missiles struck several areas of Ukraine, injuring at least five people.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield rose to a record level of 2.025%, and the 20-year yield rose 9.5 basis points to 3.735%.

European stock index futures were lower, with Stoxx 50 futures down 0.6% and Germany's DAX futures down 0.7%.

U.S. stock index futures fell further, with Nasdaq futures falling 1%.

NI225 opened down 33.14 points, or 0.05%, on Monday, May 18, to 61376.15 points.

The British Rightmove average asking price index in May was -0.3% year-on-year, compared with -0.90% in the previous month.

The UK's Rightmove average asking price index in May was 1.2% month-on-month, down from 0.80% in the previous month.