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Qualcomm (QCOM.O) U.S. stocks rose 12.5% ​​before the market opened, as the CEO expected the smartphone market to rebound after the third fiscal quarter.

PUMA CEO: US tariffs have been reduced, but refund visibility remains limited.

Meta Platforms (META.O) U.S. stocks fell 7.2% in pre-market trading as the company raised its capital expenditure forecast and warned of regulatory risks.

Volkswagen CFO: It’s too early to talk about possible U.S. tariff refunds.

Volkswagen CEO: Germany’s production capacity reduction by 1 million units is progressing well.

Morgan Stanley raised its price target for Qualcomm (QCOM.O) to $146 from $132.

Royal Bank of Canada: Raised its target price on Amazon (AMZN.O) to $320 from $300.

Spain's IBEX35 index's intraday decline quickly expanded to 3.00%, now at 17133.16 points.

According to Iran Press TV: Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf refuted the latest statement by the US President that Iran’s oil pipeline will explode within three days due to the so-called oil export disruption.

Amazon Cloud Services (AWS): The Middle East (Bahrain) region (ME-SOUTH-1) has been damaged due to conflicts in the Middle East and is currently unavailable. Billing operations in this AWS region are currently suspended, and it is expected to take several months to resume normal operations.

European energy stocks rose, with Repsol, Total Energy, Italian oil company Eni, Shell and BP all rising, with gains between 1-2.5%.

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The German DAX30 index opened down 247.74 points, or 1.03%, to 23696.00 points on April 30 (Thursday);The British FTSE 100 index opened down 4. 66 points, or 0.05%, to 10208.45 points;The FCHI index opened on April 30 (Thursday), down 112.24 points, or 1.39%, to 7959.89 points;Europe The Stoxx 50 Index opened on April 30 (Thursday), down 71.93 points, or 1.24%, to 5744.55 points;The Spanish IBEX35 Index opened on April 30 (Thursday), down 254 points .29 points, a decrease of 1.44%, to 17410.91 points;Italy’s FTSE MIB index opened down 739.53 points, or 1.55%, to 47056.50 points on April 30 (Thursday).

When European stocks opened, stock indexes in many countries fell. Germany's DAX30 index fell by 0.9%, the FCHI index fell by 1.3%, and the European Stoxx 50 index fell by 1.2%.

The local governor said that a fire at Russia's Tuapse oil refinery has been extinguished.

Swiss April KOF economic leading indicators will be released in ten minutes.

France's April adjusted monthly CPI initial value was 1.2%, expected to be 0.9%, and the previous value was 1.10%.

France's initial CPI annual rate in April was 2.2%, expected to be 2%, and the previous value was 1.70%.

The initial monthly CPI rate in France in April was 1%, expected to be 0.9%, and the previous value was 1.00%.

France's PPI annual rate in March was 0.2%, the previous value was -2.40%.