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Needham: Raised his target price on Nvidia to $270 from $240.

The Office for National Statistics: The number of long-term net immigrants in the UK in 2025 will be 171,000, compared with 331,000 the previous year.

The initial value of the UK's May comprehensive PMI was 48.5, which was expected to be 51.6 and the previous value was 52.6.

The preliminary value of the UK services PMI in May was 47.9, which was expected to be 51.7 and the previous value was 52.7.

The preliminary value of the UK manufacturing PMI in May was 53.7, which was expected to be 53 and the previous value was 53.7.

Ukrainian Drone Force: A fire broke out at the Sizran Petroleum Refinery in Russia, which was caused by a Ukrainian drone attack.

According to the Iranian Student News Agency: Iran is responding to "a text" sent by the United States.

The initial value of the UK's manufacturing and service industry PMI in May will be announced in ten minutes.

Russia said that the United States is tightening the "sanctions rope" against Cuba.

Russia expressed solidarity with Cuba.

Russia said it would continue to support Cuba.

Russia said Cuba is still under pressure from the United States.

India's NIFTY 50 index turned positive, last rising 0.1%.

HSI closed down 264.6 points, or 1.03%, to 25386.52 points on May 21 (Thursday);Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed down 104.92 points, or 2.15%, to 4768.9 points on May 21 (Thursday);The state-owned enterprise index closed down 129.81 points, or 1.51%, to 8475.32 points on May 21 (Thursday);The red chip index closed down 34.06 points, or 0.76%, to 4434.01 points on May 21 (Thursday).

The commander of the Ukrainian drone force said that Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian Syzlan oil refinery in Samara region.

At the close of Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index closed down 1.03%, and the Science and Technology Index closed down 2.15%. Technology and Internet stocks performed weakly, with Bilibili (09626.HK) closing down 7.46% and Baidu (09888.HK) closing down 5.74%.

The preliminary Eurozone Composite PMI in May recorded 47.5, a 31-month low. The preliminary value of the Eurozone services PMI in May was 46.4, a 63-month low. The Eurozone manufacturing output index recorded 51 in May, a four-month low. The preliminary value of the Eurozone manufacturing PMI in May was recorded at 51.4, a three-month low.

Nvidia (NVDA.O) shares fell 0.5% in pre-market trading.

The seasonally adjusted current account of the euro zone in March and the initial value of the manufacturing PMI in May will be released in ten minutes.

Polish Defense Minister: (Speaking in Tallinn, the Estonian capital) Ukraine must be extremely precise when using drones to avoid Russian provocations.