Commerzbank cut its year-end 2026 palladium price forecast to $1,600/oz from $1,800/oz.

Driven by a sustained rally in large semiconductor stocks, South Korea's listed market capitalization has risen about 86% year-to-date to roughly $5.0 trillion, overtaking India, whose market cap has fallen to about $4.8 trillion. South Korea has also this year surpassed Canada, Germany, the UK and France to rank sixth globally.

China national carbon market: open 81.50 yuan/t, high 82.10 yuan/t, low 81.50 yuan/t, close 81.84 yuan/t (-0.21%). On-platform negotiated trades 195,290 t, value 15,982,180.00 yuan; large-block negotiated trades 500,000 t, value 40,520,000.00 yuan; no one-way bidding. Total traded 695,290 t, turnover 56,502,180.00 yuan. Year-to-date (Jan 1–Jun 2, 2026) traded 41,439,651 t, value 3,154,268,471.94 yuan. Cumulative to Jun 2, 2026: 906,306,171 t, value 60,816,886,703.51 yuan.