🗓 Today’s Calendar — May 29, 2025

🇨🇭 Switzerland - No trading - Ascension Day
🇺🇸 USA - Initial Jobless Claims at 15:30 MSK
🇺🇸 USA - GDP (Q1 2025 - preliminary) at 15:30 MSK
🇿🇦 South Africa - Central Bank Rate at 16:00 MSK
🇺🇸 USA - Pending Home Sales (April) at 17:00 MSK
🛢 US natural gas - EIA Stocks at 17:30 MSK
🛢 US oil - EIA Stocks at 19:00 MSK

Central Bank Speakers: 🇺🇸 Barkin, Goolsbee, Kugler, Daly; 🇬🇧 BoE Governor Bailey

🇷🇺 Dividend announcements: PHOR, AKRN, SFIN
🇷🇺 Dividend payments: TRNFP, RKKE, AFLT

✴️ Announcement expected from Litecoin.

Upcoming earnings reports:
🇷🇺 HYDR RusHydro - IFRS Q1 2025
🇨🇳 FUTU Futu Holdings - 11:00 MSK
🇨🇳 LI Li Auto - 11:35 MSK
🇺🇸 FL Foot Locker - 13:45 MSK
🇺🇸 BBY Best Buy - 14:00 MSK
🇺🇸 NTAP NetApp - 23:00 MSK
🇺🇸 DELL Dell - 23:05 MSK
🇺🇸 ULTA Ulta Beauty - 23:05 MSK
🇺🇸 AMBA Ambarella - 23:05 MSK
🇺🇸 MRVL Marvel - 23:05 MSK
🇺🇸 COST Costco - 23:15 MSK
🇺🇸 GAP Gap - 23:20 MSK

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🌎 The current exchange rates are as follows: USDCNY stands at 7.199, while USDTRUB is at 80.30.

🔥🇺🇸 A US federal court has blocked former President Trump's global reciprocal tariffs, ruling they exceeded his authority. The trade court declared most of Trump's tariffs illegal, requiring the administration to halt their implementation. This ruling significantly impacts Trump's economic agenda, as detailed by BBG. However, the 25% tariffs on imported cars, steel, and aluminum remain in place. Trump's administration plans to appeal.

🚨 Elon Musk is stepping away from politics, announcing his departure as an advisor to the Trump administration. This decision marks a significant shift for the tech entrepreneur, who has been involved in various political discussions. For more details, visit Reuters.

🚀 Elon Musk announced that the deal for integrating the AI bot Grok into Telegram has not yet been signed. Pavel Durov confirmed this, stating that a fundamental agreement is in place, and other formalities are being finalized.

🚀 21Shares has submitted an updated application to the SEC for a spot DOGE ETF.

🇮🇳 Analysts predict that the Reserve Bank of India will reduce interest rates during its meeting on June 6, according to a survey conducted by RTRS.

🌎 CEO of NVIDIA predicts that robots are likely to become a trillion-dollar sector.

🚫🇺🇸🇨🇳 The U.S. Department of Commerce is reviewing the export of strategically important goods to China and has suspended some export licenses during the verification process. Senator Marco Rubio announced that the U.S. will begin revoking visas for students from China, particularly those with ties to the Communist Party or studying in critical fields. Yesterday, it was reported that Trump ordered American chip developers to halt sales to China.

⚠️🇺🇦 Germany is set to finance the development of long-range drones for Ukraine, according to Welt. This announcement comes after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Germany is directly getting involved in the conflict. The move underscores the increasing tensions in the region and Germany's active role in supporting Ukraine.

⚠️ A strong magnetic storm has begun on Earth, according to geophysicists.

🌎 Copper supplies on the London Metal Exchange have dropped to a two-year low, according to Bloomberg.

⚠️✴️ Renowned trader James Wynn, a prominent figure in the trading world, has begun to close his long positions in Bitcoin. He claims that other whales are closely monitoring him and attempting to push him out of the market. Over the past week, he has lost nearly all of the $87 million he earned in just two months.

🛢🇷🇺 Gas production in Russia saw a revival in April 2025, reaching 55.9 billion cubic meters, a 2% increase compared to April of the previous year, according to data from Rosstat reviewed by Vedomosti. This marks a return to growth on a year-over-year basis after three consecutive months of decline.

🚀 The Central Bank of Russia has approved the offering of cryptocurrency-related instruments to qualified investors as of May 28. Professional market participants quickly responded to this decision, launching products linked to cryptocurrencies. For more details, visit Vedomosti.

💥🛢 Brent crude oil prices rose by 1.5% following a court ruling that overturned Trump-era tariffs.

🚨 The Bank of Russia is anticipated to signal a softening stance as the government and analysts prepare for a potential reduction in the key interest rate. Analysts increasingly believe that even if the regulator does not lower the rate this time, it will provide a clear indication of an impending decrease. For more details, visit this link.

💥🇯🇵 Global sales of Toyota have set records for the second consecutive month, driven by strong demand in the US. The surge is attributed to various factors, including a rush to purchase vehicles amid tariff concerns. For more details, visit the full article here.

🇺🇸 A court decision aimed at blocking the mutual tariffs imposed by Trump is just a temporary setback to his trade agenda. Trump may explore alternative methods to impose tariffs on other countries, according to a report from Goldman.

🌕 Recent data reveals that inflows into spot BTC ETFs over the past five weeks have significantly outpaced those into gold ETFs, according to BBG.