ACEA said in May EU new-car registrations were down for Nissan (-8.5%), Volkswagen Group (-3.6%), Stellantis (-2.6%) and Hyundai (-1.3%).

IBM shares rose 2% in after-hours trading after the company announced a partnership with OpenAI to launch AI products targeting enterprise cybersecurity defense.

At an earnings briefing, Guanggang Gas said its nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) project remains in planning/construction and is not yet in production. Projects in Hubei (Qianjiang), Anhui (Hefei) and Shanghai for hexafluorobutadiene, hydrobromic acid (HBr) and electronic‑grade hydrogen chloride (HCl) have completed mechanical completion and are entering commissioning, testing and validation. The company said these specialty‑gas products will support domestic semiconductor firms' ongoing capacity expansion. Guanggang’s SUPER‑N series has won US ASME and South Korea KGS certification; the firm says performance is on par with international majors and commercially competitive.