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US markets were set to pause for Memorial Day, with futures trading on holiday hours as investors digested mixed signals on inflation, AI valuations, and easing oil prices on hopes of a US-Iran peace deal.

Wall Street analysts are highlighting dividend stocks, cash-rich companies, and energy names as attractive sources of steady income and upside.
Several market strategists see inflation, macro volatility, and changing sector leadership as reasons to favor specific stock opportunities now.
Take-Two confirmed Grand Theft Auto VI is on the way, giving the game publisher a major catalyst.
Investors may closely watch the next Fed chair because the market wants clues about future policy direction.
Commentators argue that ChatGPT could become as transformative for AI as Netscape was for the early internet.
AI is being described as a potentially historic productivity boost across the economy.
Coinbase’s CEO says major gaps remain in finance, especially as SEC delays slow tokenized asset plans.
Goldman Sachs thinks money is rotating from software into semiconductors as the tech trade keeps evolving.
Oil moved sharply lower on hopes for US-Iran peace progress, easing inflation fears and lifting risk sentiment.
Markets across Asia, including Tokyo, firmed as investors reacted positively to signs of improving Middle East tensions and a softer dollar.

Hong Kong stocks rose as the Hang Seng Index gained 219 points to 25,606, led by a nearly 20% jump in Lenovo shares on upbeat earnings and stronger tech sentiment.

The Hong Kong government clarified that oil companies did not “raise prices first and absorb subsidies later,” and that the diesel price increase was driven by the Middle East situation.
Tencent repurchased 1.132 million shares on Friday, involving about HK$500 million.
Asian markets broadly rose, with Japan’s Nikkei and Taiwan’s index both hitting record closing highs.
Swire Properties secured full ownership of an old Quarry Bay building for over HK$2 billion and plans to redevelop it into Grade A office space.
Hong Kong regulators are tightening account-opening supervision, adding new measures for mainland investor accounts, including closing forged-document accounts and zero-balance accounts.
China’s securities regulator said it is cracking down on illegal cross-border securities, futures, and fund operations, while investor assets remain protected.
Standard Chartered CEO Bill Winters apologized for comments about “low-value human capital” and said the bank will help employees transform.
Futu’s pre-market share price fell more than 30% after Chinese regulators signaled possible confiscation of illegal gains and severe penalties.
China’s regulators launched a two-year special campaign to clean up illegal cross-border securities, futures, and fund business activities.
Major market themes included strong gains in Hong Kong and A-shares, AI-related trading activity, semiconductor and robot rotations, and renewed attention on policy, regulation, and industrial upgrading.

Japan’s stock market surged to a record above 65,000 for the first time, driven by hopes for progress in U.S.-Iran talks that eased oil prices and boosted AI and semiconductor shares.

Tokyo stocks extended gains and closed above 65,000 for the first time, briefly rising more than 2,000 points on hopes for progress in U.S.-Iran talks.
Japanese equities hit a record above 65,000 as falling oil prices and expectations for an end to U.S.-Iran conflict boosted AI and semiconductor shares.
The Nikkei crossed 65,000 for the first time, with gains briefly exceeding 1,700 points amid expectations that U.S.-Iran negotiations would advance.
The yen strengthened into the upper 158-yen range against the dollar as investors bought yen on hopes that fighting between the U.S. and Iran would end.
The Tokyo stock market first broke above 64,000 during trading and set a new intraday record, with gains topping 1,600 points.
The government and the Bank of Japan were urged to avoid tightening policy and instead prevent stagflation.
U.S. and Japanese central banks faced a critical moment, as rising long-term yields and inflation fears intensified pressure over rate decisions and political constraints.
The yen traded in the low 159 range in New York, moving little as markets assessed the policy direction of the new Fed chair.
The new Fed chair, Warsh, took office, and Trump stopped pushing for rate cuts while saying he wanted the Fed to remain fully independent.
Hands Shibuya store will close in November, ending 48 years of history and reflecting broader changes in urban retail, redevelopment, corporate strategy, and supply-chain risk.

Bitcoin is leading the crypto market higher after breaking above $77,000, buoyed by improving risk sentiment and fresh optimism from major policy and institutional developments.

Bitcoin is trading above $77,000, helped by a drop in oil prices that lifted Asian stock markets.
Bitcoin options are set to launch on Nasdaq, which could expand access and trading activity.
Coinbase says it is not worried about competition from Wall Street, according to an exchange executive.
Analysts are discussing how the Fed and crypto markets may interact in the current cycle.
A new report says about $1 trillion in hidden bitcoin-related market value could still be unlocked.
Security experts warn that AI is accelerating quantum threats to crypto systems.
Reports suggest crypto payment rails are becoming the default payment layer for AI agents.
Bitcoin is rising after President Trump announced an Iran peace agreement.
Bitcoin may be positioned to outperform stocks and bonds again after lagging behind Wall Street.
Traders are watching Hyperliquid and AI tokens as possible leaders in the next altcoin rally.

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