APRIL ISM SERVICES PRICES PAID AT 3-MO HIGH OF 59.2 AFTER 53.4

US APRIL UNEMPLOYMENT RATE 3.9%; EST. 3.8%

US APRIL NONFARM PAYROLLS RISE 175K M/M; EST. +240K

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*APPLE 2Q REV. $90.75B, EST. $90.33B

*APPLE 2Q IPHONE REVENUE $45.96B, EST. $45.76B

*APPLE 2Q GREATER CHINA REV. $16.37B, -8.1% Y/Y, EST. $15.87B

*APPLE TO BUY BACK ADDITIONAL $110B OF SHARES, BOOSTS QTRLY DIV.

*APPLE 2Q EPS $1.53, EST. $1.50

US initial jobless claims 208K versus 212K estimate
forexlive.com/news/us-initia…

US Opening Calls:
#DOW 38070 +0.48%
#SPX 5049 +0.64%
#NASDAQ 17460 +0.83%
#RUSSELL 1998 +0.97%
#FANG 9794 +1.25%
#IGOpeningCall

BOJ ACCOUNTS POINT TO INTERVENTION OF ABOUT 3.5T YEN ON THURS - Bbg

JAPAN MAY HAVE SPENT 3.26─3.66 TRILLION YEN FOR MAY 1 INTERVENTION, BOJ DATA SUGGESTS - REUTERS

Kanda: Cannot overlook excessive forex moves having a major impact on Japan economy.

Japan's Kanda:

'Will deal appropriately with market moves when needed 24 hours a day, whether I'm on a plane or overseas.'

Japan's Ito says authorities are trying to place a 160 ceiling on USD/JPY
forexlive.com/centralbank/ja…

CRUDE OIL INVENTORIES ROSE 7.27 MLN BARRELS, EIA SAYS - BBG

US Opening Calls:
#DOW 37794 -0.06%
#SPX 5025 -0.20%
#NASDAQ 17381 -0.36%
#RUSSELL 1973 -0.11%
#FANG 9711 -0.02%
#IGOpeningCall

US TREASURY SAYS TO INCREASE JUNE FIVE-YEAR TIPS REOPENING AUCTION SIZE BY $1 BLN TO $21 BLN.

US TREASURY SAYS IT DOES NOT EXPECT TO INCREASE NOMINAL COUPON, OR FLOATING-RATE NOTE AUCTION SIZES FOR NEXT SEVERAL QUARTERS.

*Todays Scheduled CB Speakers*

ALL TIMES BST

ECB De Cos 6.30pm

FOMC Decision & Statement 7pm
Fed Chair Powell 7.30pm

RBNZ New Conf 9.10pm

BoC Gov Macklem 9.15pm

AMAZON JUMPS 6.5% AFTER AWS HITS $100B ANNUAL REVENUE RUN RATE - BBG

FX update:
#EURUSD 1.0680 -0.39%
#GBPUSD 1.2506 -0.45%
#USDJPY 157.69 +0.86%
#AUDUSD 0.6485 -1.25%
#AUDJPY 102.252 -0.4%
#EURGBP 0.8540 +0.08%
#USDCAD 1.3758 +0.71%
#USDCHF 0.9190 +0.94%
#FX #forex

US Update:
#DOW 37971 -1.07%
#SPX 5067 -0.96%
#NASDAQ 17579 -1.14%
#RUSSELL 1984 -1.62%
#FANG 9804 -1.54%

Precious Metals update:
#Gold 2297 -1.68%
#Silver 26.4 -2.74%
#Platinum 936 -1.65%
#XAUUSD #Commodities