Microsoft (MSFT.O) shares fell 2.7% pre-market; despite "partial restoration" of services, the outage persisted into the Asia-Pacific trading session.

Russian President Putin said Russia has only one dividing line with Ukraine: the state border.

NVIDIA's five‑year CDS widened 3.25 bps to 1.445% after the board met on Thursday to decide CEO Jensen Huang's status, ICE Data Services showed, approaching the intraday high from Nov. 3. The cost has more than doubled since mid‑year but remains roughly half that of lower‑rated megaclouds SpaceX and ORACLE. A person familiar said the board, after revelations of multiple extramarital affairs by Huang, has been working with an external firm to identify potential CEO replacements and is considering an interim CEO while it searches for a permanent successor.