News

TSMC (TSM.N) CEO: Meeting U.S. domestic demand will take a long time.

TSMC (TSM.N): It is working hard to expand its U.S. factories, but it is far from enough. Taiwan, China, is still the largest production base.

Australia's trade balance in goods and services in April was A$1.79 billion, compared with A$1.8 billion expected and the previous value of A$1.841 billion.

Australia's imports in April were at a monthly rate of 0.8%, compared with the previous value of 14.10%.

Australia's exports in April were at a monthly rate of 7.2%, down from -2.70% in the previous month.

Hong Kong auto stocks fell at the beginning of the session, with Nio-SW (09866.HK) falling nearly 4%, followed by Chery Automobile (09973.HK), Leapmotor (09863.HK) and Li Auto (02015.HK).

HSI opened on June 4 (Thursday), down 167.91 points, or 0.66%, to 25465.3 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on June 4 (Thursday), down 62.03 points, or 1.23%, to 4994.94 points; The state-owned enterprise index opened down 51.86 points, or 0.6%, to 8544.73 points on June 4 (Thursday);The red chip index opened down 13.01 points, or 0.29%, to 4443.83 points on June 4 (Thursday).

According to the Korea Economic Daily: Government and industry sources revealed that Hyundai Motor and Nvidia (NVDA.O) are discussing setting up an artificial intelligence research and development center in South Korea.

TSMC (TSM.N) CEO: We are increasing mature process wafer production capacity, including factories that meet Japan's CMOS image sensor needs and factories that meet Germany's automotive and industrial needs.

According to the Wall Street Journal: U.S. artificial intelligence company executives jointly sent a letter calling on Congress to pass laws to force screening of buyers of synthetic DNA and RNA.

The list of securities underlying the Shenzhen Stock Connect Hong Kong Stock Connect has been adjusted and will take effect from June 4, 2026, and will be transferred to WeRide-W and Pony.ai-W.

U.S. military: Strike carried out in eastern Pacific, two killed.

According to CNN: U.S. President Trump is about to nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general, according to a person familiar with the matter.

According to Japan's Asahi Shimbun: Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae plans to visit India in early July to meet with Indian Prime Minister Modi.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 73.80 points, or 0.84%, on Thursday, June 4, to 8711.90 points.

NI225 fell by 1.2% on the day.

On June 2,2026 China's ambassador to the United States Xie Feng met with senior executives from major multinationals including Blackstone,Google,Microsoft,IBM,Texas Instruments,Honeywell,Bayer, Johnson & Johnson,ConocoPhillips,Chevron,Disney and Procter & Gamble. Participants welcomed the new “constructive strategic stability” positioning in China–US ties,said it affords more stable operating expectations, expressed confidence in China’s economic outlook and signalled intentions to expand investment and cooperation in China.

[Japanese and Korean stock markets opened lower] NI225 opened down 442.74 points, or 0.65%, on June 4 (Thursday) to 67959.39 points. South Korea's KOSPI index opened down 170.78 points on June 4 (Thursday), or 1.94%, to 8630.71 points.

Cuban state media, citing the central bank, said Visa and Mastercard will suspend card transaction services in Cuba effective this weekend under President Trump’s latest sanctions. Separately, Melia Hotels International said it will withdraw from Cuba and immediately terminate operating agreements for 15 hotels; the company did not explicitly cite U.S. sanctions, attributing the decision to Cuba’s geopolitical, social, legal and economic environment.

Japan bought -1.072 billion yen in foreign stocks in the week to May 29, and the previous value was revised from -358.7 billion yen to -367.8 billion yen.