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• What else is brewing Wednesday morning
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  • Rafael Nadal, the undisputed King of the Clay, defeated top-seeded Novak Djokovic in an epic quarterfinal match at the French Open.
  
  
  • Shanghai authorities began lifting a two-monthslong Covid lockdown on the city.
  
  
  • Inflation in the eurozone hit 8.1%, its highest annual level since the euro was created in 1999.
  
  
  • DeLorean released new info (and photos) around its new gull-winged EV.
  
  
  • The owner of Salt Bae’s steakhouse is reportedly in talks to sell a stake at a valuation of $1.5 billion.
  
  

  
  
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• US stock futures traded mixed early on Wednesday
  US stock futures traded mixed early on Wednesday, amid concerns about central-bank...
  US stock futures traded mixed early on Wednesday, amid concerns about central-bank rate hikes. After losing Tuesday's gains, oil prices rose again on Wednesday. Here are the latest market moves.
  
  Markets: The curtain has dropped on May and, after dizzying falls and equally dramatic gains, stocks closed the month mostly where they started. Salesforce’s bullish earnings report showed that even with all the economic uncertainty, demand has remained strong for business software.
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• Energy stocks end lower in about-face as OPEC may seek to boost production
  Oil and gas stocks (NYSEARCA:...
  Oil and gas stocks (NYSEARCA:XLE), leading the S&P sector leaderboard for most of Tuesday's trading, erased gains along with a rally in crude oil following reports that OPEC members could pump more crude and exempt Russia from oil production targets.
  

  Such an exemption potentially could pave the way for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other OPEC producers to pump more crude, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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• MarketWatch: Dow ends down over 200 points on Tuesday, but ekes out gain for May
  Stocks ended lower Tuesday, capping a volatile May that saw the S&P 500 flirt with a bear market...
  Stocks ended lower Tuesday, capping a volatile May that saw the S&P 500 flirt with a bear market but end the month virtually unchanged. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.67% fell around 221 points, or 0.7%, to close near 32,992, while the S&P 500 SPX, -0.63% shed 26 points, or 0.6%, to finish near 4,132. The Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.41% fell around 50 points, or 0.4%, to end near 12,081. Stocks fell sharply in May, with the S&P 500 on May 19 briefly trading below the 20% pullback threshold that would mark a bear market before recovering. Stocks then bounced sharply last week. The Dow eked out a 0.04% monthly gain, while the S&P 500 finished with a gain of 0.01%. The Nasdaq dropped 2.1%. Fears that rising inflation pressures would begin to undercut corporate profit margins and worries that aggressive Fed tightening could spark a recession were among the factors cited for market volatility.
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• Oil turns negative as OPEC eyes Russia's suspension from output deal
  Oil prices turned negative on Tuesday after a report that some producers...

  Oil prices turned negative on Tuesday after a report that some producers were exploring the idea of suspending Russia's participation in the OPEC+ production deal.

  
  

  Brent crude futures for August, the most actively traded contract, settled down $2, or 1.7%, at $115.60 a barrel, after rising to $120.80 earlier in the day. The front-month contract for July, which expired on Tuesday, closed up $1.17, or 1%, at $122.84.

  
  

  U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude settled at $114.67 a barrel, down 40 cents or 0.4% from Friday's close. Earlier in the session, it had touched $119.98, its highest since March 9. There was no settlement on Monday's U.S. Memorial Day holiday.

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