Canada May unemployment rate 6.6% vs consensus 6.9%; prior 6.9%.

Hong Kong AI-application stocks opened higher; Chuangmeng Tiandi (01119.HK) rose over 4%, while China Literature (00772.HK) and Suteng Juchuang (02498.HK) also gained.

Turkey's annual inflation accelerated to 32.6% in May from 32.4% in April, official data on Friday showed; the median forecast of 17 economists was 32.5%. The increase marks a second consecutive month of acceleration as a global energy shock from US and Israeli actions against Iran continues to feed domestic prices. Rising energy import costs are reversing Turkey's disinflation trend—Turkey is a major oil and gas importer—and policymakers say they have struggled to respond. Turkish central bank governor Fatih Karahan said the bank is monitoring second-round effects and that the inflation outlook depends on the duration of the conflict.