Perusahaan ekuitas swasta IG4 Capital mengajukan penawaran untuk mengakuisisi utang Raizen SA guna mengejar kontrol mayoritas melalui rencana restrukturisasi yang akan mengonversi 45% utang menjadi sekitar 80% ekuitas. Raizen, salah satu produsen gula utama dunia, berpotensi menghadapi perubahan pengendalian yang dapat memengaruhi keputusan produksi dan laju ekspor ke depan. Peristiwa ini tidak secara langsung mengubah pasokan gula global saat ini, namun memicu ekspektasi jangka pendek pasar terkait konsolidasi modal di industri gula Brasil serta potensi pengurangan produksi atau pengaturan ekspor.

International Petroleum Corp. pada 31 Mei 2024 memulai produksi tahap awal proyek minyak pasir Blackrod di Alberta. Proyek senilai sekitar $855 juta itu menjadi pengembangan minyak pasir baru pertama di Kanada yang mendapat persetujuan sejak 2013. Kapasitas awal ditargetkan meningkat hingga 30.000 barel per hari pada akhir 2027, lebih cepat satu kuartal dari rencana semula. Dalam tahap berikutnya, output berpotensi diperluas hingga 80.000 barel per hari, sementara biaya proyek tercatat hanya sekitar $5 juta di atas anggaran awal.

Saham Zhipu, pembuat model AI asal China, melonjak setelah JPMorgan Chase & Co. menaikkan target harga sahamnya dan memilih perusahaan itu sebagai pemenang atas pesaing dekatnya, MiniMax. Zhipu, yang diperdagangkan sebagai Knowledge Atlas Technology JSC, naik 33% pada Senin. Kenaikan tersebut menjadi salah satu lonjakan terbesar sejak perusahaan itu melantai melalui IPO yang sukses di Hong Kong pada awal tahun, menurut JPMorgan Chase & Co.

SpaceX's initial public offering is said to have generated interest for more than four times the shares on offer. Banks are expected to stop taking institutional orders after the New York market closes at 4 p.m. on Wednesday.

Goldman Sachs economists said they no longer anticipate the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates this year, pointing to a stronger-than-expected US labor market. The bank also shifted its outlook for the Fed's final two rate cuts to June and December 2027, from prior projections of December 2026 and March 2027.

Gold slid sharply on Friday, falling as much as 3.6% to $4,315.04 an ounce and wiping out its gains for the year. The move followed May US employment growth beating all forecasts, which pushed up bond yields and the dollar and reinforced expectations the Federal Reserve could raise rates in 2026.

The Reserve Bank of India may have reduced its gold holdings by about $12 billion over the two weeks ending May 22. Over the same period, it likely increased foreign-currency assets by roughly $7.5 billion. The moves were assessed as part of a Bloomberg Economics analysis of publicly available data.

Commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz was nearly absent on Thursday, as operators pulled back amid heightened military tensions. After a second round of US strikes on Iranian military targets this week, no commercial vessels were seen transiting Thursday morning, following a slow Wednesday that logged six two-way crossings.

Bitcoin's expected volatility fell to a nine-month low as trading activity stayed muted and speculative interest eased away from the largest cryptocurrency. The Bitcoin Volmex Implied Volatility Index slid to 36.11 on Monday in Singapore, a level last seen in September and near its lowest point since 2023.