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Market news: Citigroup and BlackRock have signed a €15 billion private credit agreement.

Manchester Mayor Burnham: Brexit has caused damage.

Intel (INTC.O) rose 3% in pre-market trading.

Court documents show that Trump dropped a $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS.

Harmony Gold: Steadily moving toward full-year production targets. On track to meet cost guidance for both gold and copper businesses.

Harmony Gold: Gold and copper revenues rose 34% to 68.4 billion rand (US$4.02 billion) in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2026.

Harmony Gold: Gold production increased by 5% quarter-on-quarter in the third quarter of this fiscal year, while gold production in the first three quarters of fiscal year 2026 decreased by 3% to 33,393 kg.

On May 18th, it was reported that on the afternoon of May 14th, the Beijing Municipal Cyberspace Administration held a special work promotion meeting at Building C of Xingdi Center in Chaoyang District. At the meeting, industry experts provided a detailed interpretation of the "Measures for the Identification of AI-Generated Content," systematically explaining the applicable scenarios, compliance standards, technical specifications, and practical requirements for AI-generated content identification. This provided clear and authoritative compliance guidance for participating companies to accurately implement identification management systems and standardize daily operations.

On May 18th, *ST Chengchang announced that its stock will have its delisting risk warning removed starting May 20th, 2026. The stock abbreviation will change from "*ST Chengchang" to "Chengchang Technology," while the stock code will remain "001270." After the removal of the delisting risk warning, the daily price fluctuation limit for the stock will be 10%. Trading of the company's stock will be suspended for one day on May 19th, 2026, and will resume on May 20th, 2026.

According to Politico: House Republican leaders are pushing for their bipartisan revision of the housing plan, with a vote scheduled for Wednesday.

On May 18, Sun Meijun, Director-General of the General Administration of Customs, met with Christian Vandervalen, Director-General of the Belgian Customs and Excise Agency, and Christine Romenes, Director-General of the Belgian Food Supply Chain Safety Agency, at the Administration's headquarters. The two sides held in-depth discussions and exchanged views on topics such as smart customs construction, artificial intelligence applications, agricultural and food product inspection and market access, cross-border e-commerce supervision, and trade facilitation, and signed relevant cooperation documents. Belgian Ambassador to China, Anne Bonne, also attended the meeting.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The Bushehr nuclear power plant project is only related to Iran and Russia, and no other party has the right to interfere.

On May 18th, it was announced at the JD.com 6.18 launch event that this year's JD.com 6.18 will be the first 6.18 to fully integrate AI across all scenarios and industries. Staff members stated that JD.com's AI-related R&D investment will increase by over 200% this year, and the company has already built a full-stack AI product matrix, as well as vertical-domain models such as the JD JoyAI basic model.

On May 18th, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) projected that the S&P 500 would rise to 7,900 points within the next 12 months, implying an upside of approximately 7.7%. However, the bank also warned that any pullback could be limited to 5% to 10%. RBC analyst Lori Calvasina stated that a deep decline of 14% to 20% is unlikely unless the risk of a recession re-emerges, describing the anticipated correction as "normal." This outlook is based on a divergent growth model driven by AI-driven earnings growth, with risks related to inflation, interest rates, and geopolitical shocks. The bank remains bullish on US equities and growth stocks.

Israeli Foreign Minister: I spoke with the chairman of the European People's Party. I briefed him on Iran and our direct negotiations with the Lebanese government.

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: Minister of Economic Revitalization Ryosuke Akazawa held talks with the Director-General of the WTO. The two exchanged views on the necessity of reforms to restore and strengthen the WTO's functions, the importance of suspending tariffs on electronic transmissions, and agreed to work together to maintain and strengthen the multilateral trading system.

Ryanair CEO: The EU will not lack aviation fuel.

Royal Bank of Canada: It expects the S&P 500 to rise to 7,900 points over the next 12 months, implying an upside of about 7.7%, while any pullback is likely to remain within the range of 5%-10%.