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Tradingkey - Broadcom (AVGO) will release its fiscal second quarter 2026 earnings report after the U.S. market close on June 3, 2026, Eastern Time. As a leading global provider of AI infrastructure chips and private cloud software platform services, the company has benefited from the accelerated construction of data centers and the continued surge in demand for custom AI chips. Since the release of its previous quarterly results, Broadcom's share price has risen by approximately 36%, significantly outperforming the S&P 500 over the same period.

TradingKey - As the most anticipated annual technology event in global capital markets, COMPUTEX 2026 is set to take place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from June 2 to 5.

TradingKey - As the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its third month, the global oil market is grappling with a combination of heightened volatility and uncertainty. In May, international oil prices recorded their largest single-month decline in six years. Brent crude July contracts fell nearly 20%, while West Texas Intermediate (WTI) July contracts dropped nearly 17%, both marking their weakest monthly performance since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020.

TradingKey - On May 31, SoftBank Group announced it will invest up to €75 billion (approximately RMB 592 billion) in France to construct a large-scale AI computing cluster network. This project is set to become Europe's largest data center initiative to date and represents SoftBank's largest single AI investment outside the United States.

TradingKey - On May 5 (ET), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) released its first-quarter fiscal 2026 financial results after the market close. The company reported revenue of $10.253 billion, up 38% year-over-year, exceeding market expectations of $9.89 billion. Non-GAAP earnings per share (EPS) were $1.