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Hong Kong Stock Exchange documents show: Standard Chartered Bank repurchased a total of 800,000 shares on other exchanges for 14.6 million pounds on May 5.

European Central Bank: Wage growth is expected to reach 2.6% in the third and fourth quarters of 2026.

At the close of Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index closed up 1.22%, and the KITI closed up 0.8%; Xinyi Glass (00868.HK) and Huahong Semiconductor (01347.HK) rose more than 9%, China Overseas Land & Investment (00688.HK) rose more than 7%, and China Resources Land (01109.HK) rose more than 6.5%.

The Hungarian forint rose during the day, hitting a new high in more than four years and trading at 359.50 against the euro.

Alphabet shares rose 1.5% in premarket trading on reports that Anthropic pledged to invest $200 billion in Google's cloud computing and chips.

German Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Federation: German construction machinery orders increased by 27% year-on-year in March.

German Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing Federation: German construction machinery orders increased by 4% year-on-year from January to March.

The final Eurozone Comprehensive PMI value in April was 48.8, which was expected to be 48.6 and the previous value was 48.6.

The final value of the Eurozone’s services PMI in April was 47.6, which was expected to be 47.4 and the previous value was 47.4.

The final value of the German service industry PMI in April was 46.9, which was expected to be 46.9 and the previous value was 46.9.

Germany's April comprehensive PMI final value was 48.4, expected 48.3, and the previous value was 48.3.

The final value of the French service industry PMI in April was 46.5, which was expected to be 46.5 and the previous value was 46.5.

France’s April comprehensive PMI final value was 47.6, which was expected to be 47.6 and the previous value was 47.6.

France, Germany and the Eurozone's April services PMI final values will be released in ten minutes.

Statoil CEO: It’s too early to talk about share buybacks and special dividends.

According to Israeli media: Sources said that the United States has informed Israel that Hamas refuses to disarm.

The UK 30-year government bond yield fell 5.9 basis points to 5.685%.

Central Bank of Azerbaijan: The average oil price is expected to be US$84.5 per barrel in 2026.

Spain’s comprehensive PMI in April was 48.7, compared with the previous value of 52.4.

Spain’s service PMI in April was 47.9, 52 expected, and the previous value 53.3.