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Market Monitor
Stocks on Wall Street closed mixed,
pressured by worries about U.S.
lawmakers opposed to a deal to raise
the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, but
supported by another surge in Nvidia
shares that briefly lifted the chipmaker
into the rare club of companies valued
at $1 trillion. "Getting the debt ceiling
legislation signed into law is not going
to take away the other overhangs that
are still out there on the market," said
Anthony Saglimbene, chief market
strategist at Ameriprise Financial in
Troy, Michigan. Nvidia's shares rose
2.72. The Dow Jones Industrial
Average fell 0.15% to 33,042.85, the
S&P 500 was flat at 4205.60 and the
Nasdaq Composite added 0.32% to
13,017.42.
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Top News
Nvidia joins $1 trillion valuation club
on booming AI demand
Nvidia joined an elite club of U.S.
companies sporting a $1 trillion market
value, as investors piled into the
chipmaker that has quickly become
one of the biggest winners of the AI
boom. The stock's value has tripled in
less then eight months, reflecting the
surge in interest in artificial intelligence
following rapid advances in generative
AI, which can engage in human-like
conversation and craft everything from
jokes to poetry. Nvidia has gained
roughly 240% since October, far
outpacing any other member of the
broad-market S&P 500 index. The rally
has propelled its valuation past its
peers, but some analysts say the AI
Click on the chart for a detailed and interactive graphic
boom means the stock should still be
worth more. "We view Nvidia as the
most important company on the planet using the accelerator to promote (CAIS). As well as Altman, they
in an era that is rapidly changing mutually beneficial cooperation," Qin included the CEOs of AI firms
towards one that will be emphasized by said. The foreign ministry quoted Musk DeepMind and Anthropic, and
greater AI capabilities," said Angelo as saying he was willing to expand executives from Microsoft and Google.
Zino, analyst at CFRA Research. The business in China and opposed a Separately, EU industry chief Thierry
latest surge furthers a rally from last decoupling of the U.S. and China Breton will meet OpenAI CEO Sam
week, which was jump-started by a economies, adding he described the Altman in San Francisco next month to
revenue forecast that surpassed the world's two largest economies discuss how the company will
mean Wall Street estimate by more "conjoined twins." Separately, the implement the bloc's world-leading
than 50%, which some analysts called National Highway Traffic Safety rules on artificial intelligence (AI), EU
"unfathomable" and "cosmological." Administration (NHTSA) said it is officials said. To read more, click here
Shares of the company ended 2.72% closing its investigation into 580,000
higher at $401.11. Tesla vehicles over the automaker's Boeing boosts 787 Dreamliner
decision to initially allow games to be production rate to four a month
Elon Musk kicks off China visit, played on the front center touchscreen. Boeing has increased production of its
Tesla expansion in focus To read more, click here widebody 787 Dreamliner from three to
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk four planes per month as it gets ready
kicked off a high-stakes visit to China Top AI CEOs, experts raise 'risk of to ramp to five a month by the end of
with a meeting with the country's extinction' from AI the year, a company official said. The
foreign minister in Beijing, marking his Top artificial intelligence (AI) U.S. planemaker also plans to add a
return to the electric carmaker's largest executives including OpenAI CEO Sam second production line to the
production hub after three years. Musk Altman joined experts and professors company's facilities in Charleston,
met Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang in raising the "risk of extinction from South Carolina, as it completes work
hours after landing in Beijing. Qin told AI", which they urged policymakers to this year on inventory 787s that are
Musk China was committed to equate at par with risks posed by being modified at the site to meet U.S.
improving the business environment for pandemics and nuclear war. "Mitigating Federal Aviation Administration
investors, including Tesla, and used an the risk of extinction from AI should be standards, said Lane Ballard, Boeing's
elaborate driving metaphor to describe a global priority alongside other vice president and general manager for
China-U.S. relations, according to a societal-scale risks such as pandemics the 787 program. The modification
statement from his ministry. "We must and nuclear war," more than 350 involves fixing miniscule gaps in the
step on the brake in time, avoid signatories wrote in a letter published forward pressure bulkhead that exceed
dangerous driving and be skillful at by the nonprofit Center for AI Safety specifications. Boeing's plant in
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Everett, Washington, where 787s also bleeding in patients with severe (CMA) vetoed the deal in April, saying
are being modified to meet FAA hemophilia A and moderately severe to it could hurt competition in the nascent
standards, will continue doing that severe hemophilia B, Pfizer said. cloud gaming market, sparking a
work, Ballard added. Hemophilia hampers the body's ability furious row. The company's appeal
to make blood-clotting proteins, leading against the decision is likely to be
Purdue Pharma can protect Sackler to prolonged bleeding following injuries heard in late July, a judge at the
owners in opioid bankruptcy, court or surgery, and it primarily affects Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT)
rules males, according to government data. indicated. Microsoft's lawyer Daniel
Bankrupt OxyContin maker Purdue The estimated prevalence in the United Beard told the CAT: "If this process
Pharma can shield its owners, States is 12 cases per 100,000 males does not move forward quickly, it
members of the wealthy Sackler family, for hemophilia A and 3.7 cases per jeopardises this merger being
from opioid lawsuits in exchange for a 100,000 males for hemophilia B. completed."
$6 billion contribution to the company's
broader bankruptcy settlement, a U.S. Amylyx says European panel US Supreme Court rejects Avery
appeals court ruled. The New York- unlikely to endorse ALS drug Dennison appeal on patent eligibility
based 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Amylyx said that a European regulatory The U.S. Supreme Court turned away
Appeals said that U.S. bankruptcy law panel had taken a negative view on its a patent dispute between labeling
allows legal protections for non- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) company Avery Dennison and ADASA
bankrupt parties, like the Sacklers, in treatment, stalling the company's plans that would have given it a chance to
extraordinary circumstances. In a on introducing its first commercial drug clarify a standard that critics have said
majority opinion written by 2nd Circuit in the region. Amylyx said the has sown confusion about what
Judge Eunice Lee, the court ruled that European Medicines Agency's inventions can be legally protected and
the legal claims against Purdue were committee was "trending toward a led to cancellations of valid patents.
inextricably linked to claims against its negative opinion" on the marketing The justices declined to hear Avery
owners, and allowing lawsuits to application for the drug. The company Dennison's appeal of a lower court's
continue targeting the Sacklers would plans to request a formal re- decision upholding a patent involving
undermine Purdue's efforts to reach a examination procedure in case the tracking tags that was the subject of a
bankruptcy settlement. drug gets an unfavourable response $62.4 million infringement award won
from the committee in its June meeting. by ADASA in a lawsuit brought in
Pfizer's hemophilia therapy reduces The European Commission will make a Oregon. The justices have not explored
bleeding in late-stage study final decision based on the committee's the question of patent eligibility since
U.S. drugmaker Pfizer said late-stage opinion. 2014, rebuffing various requests to
study data for its experimental take up the issue.
hemophilia therapy showed superiority Microsoft says UK regulator an
to the current standard of care 'outlier' for blocking Activision deal U.S. Supreme Court declines to hear
treatment in reducing bleeding rates in Microsoft accused Britain's anti-trust bid to sue Reddit over child porn
patients. The therapy, marstacimab, regulator of being a global "outlier" in The U.S. Supreme Court declined to
met its main trial goal, demonstrating blocking its $69 billion takeover of "Call hear a bid by child pornography victims
superiority to factor replacement of Duty" maker Activision Blizzard. The to overcome a legal shield for internet
therapies, with a 92% reduction in Competition and Markets Authority companies in a case involving a lawsuit
accusing Reddit of violating federal law
by failing to rid the discussion website
of this illegal content. The justices
turned away the appeal of a lower
court's decision to dismiss the
proposed class action lawsuit on the
grounds that Reddit was shielded by a
U.S. statute called Section 230, which
safeguards internet companies from
lawsuits for content posted by users
but has an exception for claims
involving child sex trafficking. The
Supreme Court on May 19 sidestepped
an opportunity to narrow the scope of
Section 230 immunity in a separate
case.
Microsoft logo is seen on a smartphone placed on displayed Activision Blizzard logo in this
illustration taken January 18, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic
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A member of Guarani Mbya Indigenous people protests against the so-called legal thesis of "Marco Temporal" (Temporal Milestone) as they close the
Bandeirantes highway in Sao Paulo, Brazil May 30. REUTERS/Amanda Perobelli
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CANADA
Coming Up MARKET MONITOR
Statistics Canada is expected to report broader banking sector, even though Canada's main stock index slid,
the country's annualized first-quarter Canadian banks are viewed as safer weighed by losses in commodity-linked
gross domestic product rose 2.5%. bets, thanks to their strong capital stocks and worries of an economic
Meanwhile, Canada's economy is levels. slowdown. The Toronto Stock
likely to have contracted 0.1% in Exchange's S&P/ TSX composite
March, after rising 0.1% in the month index ended 1.14% down at
before. 19,739.70. The energy sector fell
TSE's S&P/TSX composite Price C$ Chng % Chng
2.05% to 222.59, tracking declines in
National Bank of Canada is expected GAINERS
crude oil prices. The materials sector
Centerra Gold Inc 7.45 0.47 6.73
to report a decline in second-quarter also lost 1.60% to 324.69.
Canadian Western Bank 25.05 0.79 3.26
profit with investors and analysts Converge Technology Solutions 3.65 0.08 2.24
watching the lender's net interest Corp
The U.S. dollar was up 0.04% against
LOSERS
income and provisions as turmoil at the Canopy Growth Corp 1.16 -0.07 -5.69 the Canadian dollar to C$1.3593.
south of the border weighs on the Algoma Steel Group Inc 9.34 -0.54 -5.47
Vermilion Energy Inc 15.05 -0.86 -5.41
Top News
Canadian AI computing startup REUTERS/Dado Ruvic bcfd of gas into LNG once it enters
Tenstorrent and LG partner to build service around mid 2025. The North
chips Baja expansion cost an estimated $127
Canadian AI computer design startup million, according to U.S. energy data.
Tenstorrent said it was partnering with
South Korea's consumer electronics Air Canada pilots end 10-year
firm LG Electronics to build chips that contract framework, eye bargaining
power smart TVs, automotive products Air Canada's pilots have ended a
and data centers. Tenstorrent, started decade-long contract framework,
in 2016, designs computers to train and opening the door to "full bargaining
run artificial intelligence models and Corp's North Baja Pipeline unit has this summer," their union leadership
works on both the software and received permission from U.S. energy said on Monday in a note to members
hardware, CEO Jim Keller said in an regulators to put the North Baja natural seen by Reuters. Air Canada pilots
interview. LG will initially use gas pipeline expansion in Arizona and have previously said they are pressing
Tenstorrent's AI chip blueprint to California into service. In a filing, the for "historic" gains to narrow the
design its own chips, but the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory earnings gap with higher-paid aviators
partnership is more strategic, said Commission (FERC) clarified that its at U.S. carriers. The union had a
David Bennett, Tenstorrent's chief May 25 order included approval for all Monday deadline for using a type of
customer officer. "What we're looking remaining facilities of the North Baja escape clause that would allow for
at is also some of the technology that expansion. The 0.495-billion cubic feet negotiations this year. The
LG has developed. Could it not be per day (bcfd) North Baja expansion agreement now runs until Sept. 29,
something that we use either in our will supply more U.S. natural gas to 2023, although its provisions will apply
own products or potentially with other Mexico, including to U.S. energy beyond that date. "We were willing to
future customers." company Sempra Energy's SRE.N meet with the company if they wanted
Costa Azul liquefied natural gas (LNG) to provide us with a substantial
FERC approves TC Energy's US- export plant in Mexico, which is under proposal that would further our
Mexico North Baja natgas pipe construction. The roughly $2 billion membership’s goals," said the letter,
expansion Costa Azul project on Mexico's Pacific adding Air Canada did not seek to
Canadian energy company TC Energy Coast will be able to turn about 0.43 open discussions.
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WEALTH NEWS
DEBT CEILING TALKS
Top US Republican McCarthy urges support for debt ceiling deal ahead of key vote
Top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy urged members of his party to support a bipartisan deal to lift the $31.4 trillion
U.S. debt ceiling and avoid a catastrophic default, ahead of a critical procedural vote.
ECONOMY
US consumer confidence dips to six-month low,
labor market views soften
U.S. consumer confidence slipped to a six-month low
in May as Americans' assessment of the labor market
softened, but more households planned to purchase
motor vehicles and other big-ticket items over the next
six months, which could support economic growth this
quarter. The Conference Board's consumer
confidence index slipped to 102.3 this month, the
lowest level since last November, from an upwardly
revised 103.7 in April. The survey's so-called labor
market differential fell to 31.0, the lowest since April
2021, from 36.9 in April. Consumers' 12-month
inflation expectations dipped to 6.1% from 6.2% last
month. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller national
home price index, covering all nine U.S. census
divisions, climbed 0.4% in March after adjusting for
seasonal fluctuations. Click on the chart for a detailed and interactive graphic
EXPLAINER
Why are Nvidia's shares soaring and what is its role in the AI boom?
Nvidia Corp soared to a trillion-dollar market value as shares continued to surge after a bumper earnings report that forced
Wall Street to reassess the potential windfall for the chipmaker from an artificial intelligence boom.
LAYOFFS
Goldman Sachs plans to cut under 250 jobs in coming weeks-source
Goldman Sachs Group is expected to cut fewer than 250 jobs in the coming weeks as a sluggish market for deals weighs on
investment banking, a source familiar with the matter said.
OPEC+ EXPLAINER
Why is OPEC+ cutting oil output?
OPEC and its allies, including Russia, meet in Vienna on June 4 to decide on their output policy. The group agreed to increase
crude production cuts to 3.66 million barrels per day or 3.7% of global demand after several members pledged unilateral cuts.
MOVES
Goldman head of sovereign business Powell McCormick moves to merchant bank
Dina Powell McCormick, the head of Goldman Sachs Group'S sovereign business, is leaving to join merchant bank BDT &
MSD Partners, the company said.
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ON THE RADAR
Events ET Poll Prior
Thu: Challenger layoffs for May 0730 -- 66,995
ADP national employment for May 0815 170,000 2,96,000
Initial jobless claims 0830 -- 2,29,000
Jobless claims 4-week average 0830 -- 2,31,750
Continued jobless claims 0830 -- 1.794M
Unit labor costs revised for Q1 0830 -- 6.3%
Productivity revised for Q1 0830 -2.7% -2.7%
S&P Global Manufacturing PMI Final for May 0945 -- 48.5
Construction spending mm for Apr 1000 0.2% 0.3%
ISM Manufacturing PMI for May 1000 47.0 47.1
ISM Manufacturing Prices Paid for May 1000 -- 53.2
ISM Manufacturing Employment Index for May 1000 -- 50.2
ISM Manufacturing New Orders Index for May 1000 -- 45.7
KEY RESULTS
Company Name* Quarter ET Smart Estimates EPS Estimates** Year Ago Rev Estimates (mln)
*Includes companies on S&P 500 index. **Estimates may be updated or revised; release times based on company guidance or past practice.
I/B/E/S EPS and revenue estimates, and StarMine Smart Estimates, provided by Refinitiv.
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A woman with a dog looks at her apartment building heavily damaged during a massive Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in
Kyiv, Ukraine May 30, 2023. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko
The Day Ahead - North America is compiled by Jerin Tom Joshy and Nachiket Tekawade in Bengaluru.