Australia's S&P/ASX 200 closed down 123.60 points, or 1.42%, at 8,594.10 at the close on Thursday, May 28.

LANE, ECB chief economist: Even if the Iran war reaches some form of resolution, the conflict's prolonged duration may prompt a reassessment of optimal diversification strategies.

At the OpenHarmony Developer Conference 2026 on May 28, Xie Shaofeng, chairman of the OpenAtom Open Source Foundation, said the OpenHarmony community’s codebase has surpassed 140 million lines and contributors exceed 13,000, supporting form factors including phones, tablets, PCs, TVs, wearables and industry intelligent terminals. A Huawei representative at the conference said cumulative HarmonyOS smart-hardware ecosystem device count has exceeded 1.3 billion units.