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UK Maritime Trade Organization: Received reports of an incident 6 nautical miles northeast of Garakad, Somalia. Reports said unauthorized personnel had taken control of a cargo ship and that the ship had been redirected into territorial waters.

Ming-Chi Kuo: OpenAI is cooperating with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop mobile phone processors, which are expected to be mass-produced in 2028.

Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi: Talks in Pakistan reviewed conditions for resuming negotiations between Iran and the United States.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA): Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi said that the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin will be a good opportunity to discuss the progress of the war.

India's Ministry of Trade: Indonesia's refined tin exports in March were 4,655.03 tons.

Hong Kong stocks MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) fell more than 15% during the session, and Zhipu (02513.HK) fell more than 5%. On the news, DeepSeek released a new model last Friday and announced a price reduction for the input cache.

An executive of JERA, Japan's largest power company: Due to the cancellation of the LNG contract with the US federal government, the amount of LNG purchased from the United States has dropped from 5.5 million tons to 4.5 million tons.

Executives of JERA, Japan's largest power company: are closely monitoring the possibility of a strike at the ICHTHYS LNG project in Australia to assess its impact on supply.

An executive of JERA, Japan's largest power company: We have secured enough LNG stocks to last until July.

An executive of JERA, Japan's largest power company: is paying close attention to how the crisis in the Middle East will affect the new long-term liquefied natural gas contract with Qatar, and will maintain close contact with suppliers.

The "two heroes" of the Hong Kong stock market fluctuated and weakened, with MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) falling by more than 12% and Zhipu (02513.HK) falling by more than 3%.

Hong Kong technology and Internet stocks were partially strong, with Baidu (09888.HK) rising by more than 5%, Alibaba (09988.HK) rising by more than 1%, and stocks such as Shell (02423.HK), BOSS Zhipin (02076.HK), and NetEase-S (09999.HK) following suit.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Sources said that many low-cost airlines in the United States have requested US$2.5 billion in federal assistance from the Trump administration. Airlines seeking federal assistance include Frontier Airlines and Avelo Airlines. Discussions on rescue measures are still ongoing.

HSI opened on April 27 (Monday), up 1.1 points, or 0.0%, at 25976.97 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on April 27 (Monday), up 27.38 points, or 0.56%, at 4929.58 points; br/>The state-owned enterprise index opened on April 27 (Monday), up 12.87 points, or 0.15%, to 8788.49 points; The red chip index opened on April 27 (Monday), up 5.98 points, or 0.14%, to 4368.44 points.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield rose 2.0 basis points to 3.675%.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield rose 2.0 basis points to 1.850%.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 37.60 points, or 0.43%, on Monday, April 27, to 8748.90 points.

U.S. Central Command: 38 ships have been instructed to turn around or return to Iranian ports.

Both the Japanese and Korean stock markets hit new highs, with NI225 now up 0.47% and South Korea’s KOSPI index up more than 1%.

NI225 opened up 114.74 points on April 27 (Monday), or 0.19%, to 59830.92 points.