Reminder: Key Intraday Events to Watch (All Times in Beijing Time)

① 07:00 South Korea Q1 GDP preliminary; ② 08:30 Japan April Manufacturing, Services, and Composite PMI preliminary; ③ Time TBD: 2026 China Aerospace Conference; ④ 13:00 India April Manufacturing, Services, and Composite PMI preliminary; ⑤ Before European stocks open: Nokia releases earnings report; ⑥ Time TBD: Informal summit of EU leaders; Iran war energy shock is the main agenda; European Central Bank silent period begins (prior to monetary policy meeting); ⑦ 14:30 Philippines central bank announces interest rate decision; ⑧ 15:15 France April Manufacturing, Services, and Composite PMI preliminary; ⑨ 15:30 Germany April Manufacturing, Services, and Composite PMI preliminary; ⑩ 16:00 Eurozone April Manufacturing, Services, and Composite PMI preliminary; 16:30 UK April Manufacturing, Services, and Composite PMI preliminary; Pre-market US stocks: Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Freeport release earnings reports; 19:00 Huawei Qiankun Technology Conference; 20:30 US initial jobless claims for the week of April 18; 21:45 US April S&P Global Services, Manufacturing, and Composite PMI preliminary; 23:00 Speech by ECB Governing Council member and Bundesbank President Nagel; After-hours US stocks: Intel releases earnings report;