News

HSI opened up 22.08 points, or 0.08%, at 26369.99 points on May 13 (Wednesday); Hong Kong's Hang Seng Technology Index opened down 15.2 points, or 0.3%, at 5055.41 points at the opening on May 13 (Wednesday); The state-owned enterprise index opened on May 13 (Wednesday), down 4.76 points, or 0.05%, to 8877.61 points;The red chip index opened on May 13 (Wednesday), up 10.25 points, or 0.22%, to 4639.4 points.

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening up 0.08% and the Stock Exchange Index opening down 0.3%. JD Logistics (02618.HK) rose more than 7% after the results, and Bubble Mart (09992.HK) rose about 4%.

New Zealand Prime Minister Lacson: Global uncertainty has increased the importance of responsible economic management and fiscal discipline.

New Zealand Prime Minister Lacson: The government is committed to reducing debt to 40% of GDP.

Market news: U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent arrived in South Korea.

Microsoft CEO Nadella: Our new multi-model agent security system integrates more than 100 professional agents, covering cutting-edge models and customized models, to discover exploitable vulnerabilities and achieve top performance in the CyberGym benchmark test. Today, we’re announcing that customers can now sign up for a private preview of the system.

NI225 opened down 338.00 points on May 13 (Wednesday), or 0.54%, to 62404.57 points.

Japanese investors bought a net 500.2 billion yen of foreign bonds in April, and foreign investors bought a net 1.009 trillion yen of Japanese bonds in April. Japanese investors sold a net 636.4 billion yen of foreign stocks in April, and foreign investors bought a net 9.415 trillion yen of Japanese stocks in April.

Japan's current account after seasonally adjustment in March was 3.9006 billion yen, expected to be 2.938 billion yen, and the previous value was 2.709 billion yen.

Japan’s March trade balance was 830.5 billion yen, expected to be 783.5 billion yen, and the previous value was 267.6 billion yen.

Japan's seasonally adjusted annual rate of bank loans excluding trusts in April was 6%, compared with the previous value of 5.20%.

The seasonally adjusted annual rate of bank loans in Japan in April was 5.4%, compared with the previous value of 4.80%.

Japan's unseasonally adjusted current account in March was 4,681.5 billion yen, expected to be 3,879.4 billion yen, and the previous value was 3,932.7 billion yen.

The prosecutor of Chihuahua State in Mexico stated that the U.S. official who died in the car accident had appeared near the Special Prosecutor's Office twice before, and one of them entered the office with a weapon on April 16.

Japan's March trade balance will be released in ten minutes.

According to AXIOS reporter: U.S. House of Representatives Transportation Committee Chairman Sam Graves said when asked about Trump’s proposal to suspend the fuel tax: “I think this is only a short-term solution.”

In response to a previous CNN report, Mexico's Security Minister stated that Mexico firmly opposes any attempt to normalize, rationalize or imply the existence of lethal, covert or unilateral operations by foreign agencies on Mexican soil.

Total Energy Services: Global uncertainty and commodity price volatility continued to weigh on drilling and completion activity in North America in the first quarter. In January 2026, the company stopped its oil well service business in the United States, and most of its operating equipment was sold off in February.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Walmart (WMT.N) plans to lay off or reassign about 1,000 corporate employees, sources said. Walmart executives have reviewed the company's internal structure and decided to streamline some teams. Walmart is looking to further integrate its global technology teams with its artificial intelligence product teams.

According to South Korean media: South Korea’s Defense Minister stated that it is not yet time to take action on the attack on the HMM ship, and has already discussed it with the United States.