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HSI closed up 40.53 points, or 0.15%, at 26388.44 points on May 13 (Wednesday);Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed at 5093.85 points, up 23.24 points, or 0.46%, on May 13 (Wednesday). ;The state-owned enterprise index closed down 5.99 points, or 0.07%, at 8876.38 points on May 13 (Wednesday); The red chip index closed down 15.0 points, or 0.32%, at 4614.15 points on May 13 (Wednesday).

Hong Kong stocks closed at the close, with the Hang Seng Index closing up 0.15% and the Hang Seng Technology Index closing up 0.46%. JD.com (09618.HK) rose more than 8%, while JD Health (06618.HK) and JD Logistics (02618.HK) rose more than 7%.

U.S. memory chip stocks were stronger before the market opened, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) up 3.5%, Micron Technology (MU.O) up 5.2%, Western Digital (WDC.O) up 3.5% and Seagate Technology (STX.O) up 2.9%.

IEA monthly report: Production from OPEC+ oil-producing countries is expected to fall by 4.7 million barrels per day in 2026.

IEA monthly report: Affected by the Iran war, global crude oil demand growth is forecast to be -420,000 barrels/day in 2026 (previously expected to be -80,000 barrels/day).

IEA monthly report: Non-OPEC+ production is expected to increase by 820,000 barrels per day in 2026.

IEA monthly report: Driven by crude oil production of 14 million barrels per day, U.S. production reached a record high of 21.9 million barrels per day in April.

IEA monthly report: OPEC’s spare production capacity fell to a historical low of only 170,000 barrels per day.

IEA monthly report: OPEC+ production fell by 1.9 million barrels per day month-on-month.

The IEA will release its monthly crude oil market report in ten minutes.

ECB Governing Council Member Dolenz: The current impact of energy prices on the economy is limited.

Hungarian Central Bank: The interest rate of foreign exchange swap instruments will be adjusted from 5.75% to 5.25%, and other parameters will remain unchanged. The move does not imply any change in the stance of monetary policy. The move provides greater scope for market-led development.

Hungarian Central Bank: The pricing of standard foreign exchange swap instruments will be reset to 100 basis points below the current benchmark interest rate from now on.

SK Innovation: The recent rise in oil prices may support demand for electric vehicles, but long-term demand for electric vehicles will depend more on regional policies and automakers’ sales strategies.

According to Nikkei: Idemitsu Kosan, one of Japan's largest oil companies, predicts that the Hormuz crisis will begin to ease in July and oil prices will fall back to pre-crisis levels early next year.

UBS Global Wealth Management expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December 2026 and March 2027, compared with previous forecasts of interest rate cuts in September and December this year.

British government bond yields of all maturities generally fell 2 to 5 basis points at the opening.

The German DAX30 index opened on May 13 (Wednesday), up 196.92 points, or 0.82%, to 24171.59 points;The British FTSE 100 index opened on May 13 (Wednesday), up 59.42 points, or 0.58%, to 1032 4.74 points;The FCHI index opened up 44.78 points, or 0.56%, at 8024.70 points on May 13 (Wednesday);The European Stoxx 50 Index opened up 44.50 points, or 0.77%, at the opening on May 13 (Wednesday). It was reported at 5852.95 points;Spain’s IBEX35 index opened up 113.15 points, or 0.64%, at 17686.75 points on May 13 (Wednesday);Italy’s FTSE MIB index opened at 49404.50 points, up 413.52 points, or 0.84%, on May 13 (Wednesday).

According to Interfax: A fire broke out at an industrial facility in Russia's Bashkir region due to technical process violations.

France’s final adjusted CPI annual rate in April was 2.5%, the highest since July 2024.