JAPAN TOP FX DIPLOMAT MIMURA: WON'T COMMENT ON FOREX

- Futured tied to the Dow advanced 210 points, or 0.4%. S&P 500 futures gained 0.3%, while Nasdaq 100 futures hovered around the flatline. - Shares of Apple climbed more than 3% in premarket trading after the consumer tech giant posted a fiscal second-quarter earnings and revenue beat. - A regional source told Axios that Iran sent its response to the U.S. through Pakistani mediators regarding the latest U.S. amendments to a draft agreement to end the Middle East conflict. U.S. - Exxon Mobil and Chevron managed to beat Wall Street’s first-quarter expectations even as the U.S. war with Iran delayed shipments and resulted in accounting charges that weighed on their results. - The Japanese yen strengthened marginally against the dollar on Friday, after reports that Tokyo had intervened to prop up the yen on Thursday, prompting a sharp rally. - Previous trading day: S&P 500 closing above the 7,200 threshold for the first time ever. That helped both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq — which also notched a new record closing high — secure their strongest monthly performances since 2020. The Dow, meanwhile, saw its strongest monthly performance since November 2024.

BYD: NEV SALES EXCEEDED 16.1 MILLION UNITS AS OF APRIL