Japan's finance minister Katayama said the government and some financial institutions will be granted access to Anthropic's Mythos model.

Fang Dongming, UBS head of China for Global Financial Markets, said global investors’ reallocation into Chinese assets is only beginning and could surpass the relative high of 2021 and continue to rise. He flagged Hong Kong’s strategic role: since 2026 mainland high-quality issuers have been actively doing secondary listings in Hong Kong, with some moving from valuation discounts to premiums. Southbound Stock Connect has seen sustained strong net inflows as connect mechanisms deepen, reinforcing Hong Kong’s broader and deeper capital-market advantages as an international financial centre.

Rosneft said Q1 oil and gas condensate production averaged 3.74 mln bpd, down 0.4% QoQ.