Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday

Wallstreetcn
2025.05.02 13:01

In April, the non-farm payrolls in the United States increased by 177,000, significantly better than expected.
Tariff benefits stimulated a collective rise in popular Chinese concept stocks, and the offshore yuan surged.
The Eurozone's preliminary harmonized CPI for April year-on-year was 2.2%, exceeding expectations, while the core year-on-year soared to 2.7%, the highest level in eight months.
Apple's conference call: "Most" of the U.S. devices will come from India and Vietnam, and tariffs may lead to a $900 million increase in costs in Q3.
Amazon's conference call: The company will become "stronger" in the tariff war, expanding the Q2 guidance range and "removing some products" to maintain low prices.
Shell rose over 3% in pre-market trading, with earnings reports showing the company's Q1 profits exceeded expectations.
The Nikkei 225 index closed up 1.04%, the A-shares market was closed, and the Hang Seng index closed up 1.74%

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