WTI and Brent crude futures each gained more than $5 intraday after reports that Iran's negotiating team halted information exchanges with the US.

China's National Health Commission and State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine published the 2026 edition of Ebola diagnosis and treatment guidelines. Ebola virus disease (formerly Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is a highly pathogenic, high-fatality acute infectious disease transmitted mainly by direct contact with blood, bodily fluids, secretions, excretions of patients or corpses, infected animals, or contaminated objects. Clinical presentation includes sudden fever, extreme fatigue, headache, myalgia, frequent vomiting and severe diarrhea; bleeding and multi-organ failure can occur. Average case fatality ~50 pct; some strains up to 90 pct. Disease is primarily endemic in sub-Saharan Africa; China reports no local or imported cases.

Meituan released Q1 results. Management said as food-delivery subsidies are pared back, competition is shifting toward efficiency and user experience. If competition remains rational and Q2 seasonality holds, the company expects Q2 takeout unit economics (UE) to be materially stronger than Q1. CEO Wang Xing said ongoing regulatory guidance should help restore rational competition; Meituan is confident it can maintain an operational-efficiency lead and that its long-term UE will return to a reasonable level.