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AMC Theatres (AMC.N) shares fell more than 18% in pre-market trading after a stock sale agreement was reached.

June 23: Building materials transaction volume was 83,200 tons, a decrease of 11.02% compared to the previous trading day. June 22: Building materials transaction volume was 93,500 tons, an increase of 15.72% compared to the previous trading day. June 18: Building materials transaction volume was 80,800 tons, a decrease of 4.27% compared to the previous trading day. June 17: Building materials transaction volume was 84,400 tons, an increase of 1.56% compared to the previous trading day. June 16: Building materials transaction volume was 83,100 tons, a decrease of 21.08% compared to the previous trading day. Last week's average: Building materials transaction volume was 90,000 tons.

Bank of America raised its price target for Intel (INTC.O) to $160 from $135.

Iraq's State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) says that exports of Kirkuk crude oil via the northern route have increased from 4 million barrels per month to nearly 7 million barrels per month.

SpaceX (SPCX.O) shares erased earlier losses and turned positive in pre-market trading.

US President Trump: Oil prices are plummeting, and the world is becoming safer.

US President Trump: 19 million barrels of oil flowed out of the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, a record high.

On June 23, Advanced Computing Technology announced that its next-generation self-developed interconnect bus, N200, has officially completed development. The N200 interconnect bus will be used in Advanced Computing Technology's next-generation computing chips, along with the general-purpose CPU core X200 and the intelligent computing AI core A200, and is expected to enter mass production in 2027.

Market news: Baker Hughes has reached an agreement with ANOH to build a natural gas plant in Nigeria.

On June 23, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine from where they were interrupted, noting that the terms of a solution to the conflict were discussed and agreed upon nearly a year ago in Anchorage. However, he believes that this consensus has been shelved to buy time for Ukraine to rearm. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov also pointed out on the same day that Washington's position has recently shown signs of deviating from the Anchorage consensus, but Russia's position remains unchanged, and dialogue between Russia and the United States on the Ukraine issue has not been interrupted and will continue.

British Chancellor of the Exchequer Reeves: The defense plan will involve more funding and will be used effectively.

On June 23, Premier Li Qiang met with South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok in Dalian. Kim was in China to attend the Summer Davos Forum. Li Qiang pointed out that China-South Korea trade cooperation has enormous potential, and China is willing to work with South Korea to make good use of mechanisms such as the bilateral economic ministers' meeting to accelerate the second phase of negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement and promote the expansion and improvement of bilateral trade. China and South Korea each have their strengths in innovation, and their industrial and value chains are deeply integrated. They can further promote alignment and mutual integration, fully leverage complementary advantages, consolidate and optimize cooperation in traditional industries, expand cooperation in emerging industries such as semiconductors, artificial intelligence, new energy, and biomedicine, and jointly seize new opportunities for innovative development. Both sides should deepen exchanges and cooperation in tourism, education, local affairs, youth, media, and think tanks to continuously enhance the friendship between the two peoples. Kim Min-seok stated that South Korea looks forward to working with China to implement the important consensus reached by the two heads of state, strengthen high-level exchanges and dialogues at all levels, expand cooperation in areas such as trade and economy, and high technology, accelerate the second phase of negotiations on the bilateral free trade agreement, and strengthen people-to-people exchanges in culture, tourism, and youth. South Korea welcomes Chinese enterprises to invest and do business in South Korea and is willing to deepen supply chain cooperation with China.

The Central Bank of Pakistan will announce its next interest rate decision on July 27.

On June 23, 2026, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission, met with Sergei Shoigu, Secretary of the Security Council of the Russian Federation, in New Delhi. Wang Yi stated that the BRICS countries are an important platform for the international community to practice multilateralism, uphold fairness and justice, and promote peace and security. China and Russia should strengthen coordination and cooperation to continuously strengthen and expand the BRICS mechanism, truly making it the leading force in the global South. The BRICS Security Conference should build consensus among BRICS countries, jointly address security challenges, safeguard the security environment of China, Russia, and their surrounding regions, inject more certainty into the turbulent world, and make greater "BRICS contributions." Shoigu stated that facing unprecedented changes in a century, Russia and China should deepen mutual trust, conduct close cooperation, jointly resist various forms of interference and infiltration by external forces in the security field, and oppose Japan's attempts at "remilitarization." Russia is willing to continuously enhance strategic coordination with China within multilateral mechanisms such as BRICS, and jointly safeguard regional and global peace and stability. The two sides also exchanged in-depth views on international and regional issues of common concern.

On June 23, Google announced it is supporting a 12-week incubation program for AI startups founded by former employees. Backed by the Google AI Futures Fund, the program will provide selected startups with up to $350,000 in Google Cloud and AI credits, and up to $100,000 in funding. Organizers expect to select 10 to 20 startups in the first phase. The program, scheduled for announcement on Tuesday, coincides with Google's efforts to attract more AI companies to its chip and cloud computing services. By working more closely with its vast network of former employees, known as "Xooglers," Google hopes to build deeper relationships with a group of emerging AI companies that may become important clients in the future. "Many founders in our community are now leveraging AI, but they lack systematic support," said former Google employee Kushagra Shrivastava. Chris Fong, who founded the Xoogler community platform and is also one of the backers of the new incubation program, said, "Gaining this level of access is very rare." Fong stated that his Google alumni network has expanded to over 35,000 members globally, including 2,500 accredited investors.