Міністерство фінансів України 2 червня на суму 2 мільярди 946 мільйонів гривень розмістило номіновані в національній валюті облігації внутрішньої державної позики (ОВДП) зі строком погашення 3, 6, 9 місяців та 1 рік. Попит на ці папери був удвічі вищим, ніж обсяг задоволених заявок, ідеться в документах міністерства.

У Мінфіні повідомили також про зниження відсоткових ставок за всіма запропонованими до розміщення ОВДП.

Результати аукціону 2 червня набагато успішніші за результати такого ж розміщення минулого тижня – тоді вдалося залучити лише близько 1 мільярда гривень.

 
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A New Hampshire man has been accused of authoring a social media post that encouraged people to riot and tip police cars, police said Tuesday.  Police in Manchester said they were made aware of the Facebook post on May 30 inviting people to protest racism and police brutality. It referenced “tipping police cars,” “graffiti,” and asking people to “take examples from riots in other cities.” The post has since been removed.  Police were able to determine the post had originated from a home in Ashland, New Hampshire, and arrested Daniel Zeron, 19. He was held on preventative detention and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment Tuesday. His trial is scheduled for July 6.  Americans have been gathering to protest police brutality against black Americans following the killing of George Floyd, who was handcuffed and on the ground pleading for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck for several minutes. Some demonstrations have turned violent, with people breaking into and stealing from businesses, smashing car windows and setting fires. The New Hampshire Association of Chiefs of Police called Floyd’s death while in the custody of Minneapolis police officers “unconscionable, deeply disturbing and both morally and professionally offensive.”  
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Though Black Out Tuesday was originally organized by the music community, the social media world also went dark in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, joining voices around the world outraged by the killings of black people in the U.S.
Instagram and Twitter accounts, from top record label to everyday people, were full of black squares posted in response to the deaths of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
Most of the captions were blank, though some posted #TheShowMustBePaused, black heart emojis or encouraged people to vote Tuesday since seven states and the District of Columbia are hosting the largest slate of primary elections in almost three months.
Rihanna, Alicia Keys, Radiohead, Coldplay, Kelly Rowland, Beastie Boys and were among the celebrities to join Black Out Tuesday on social media.
“I won’t be posting on social media and I ask you all to do the same,” Britney Spears tweeted. “We should use the time away from our devices to focus on what we can do to make the world a better place …. for ALL of us !!!!!”
Spotify blacked out the artwork for several of its popular playlists, including RapCaviar and Today’s Top Hits, simply writing “Black lives matter.” as its description. The streaming service also put its Black Lives Matter playlist on its front page, featuring songs like James Brown’s “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud,” N.W.A.’s “(Expletive) the Police,” Sam Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” and Childish Gambino’s “This Is America.”
The opening pages of Apple Music and iTunes focused on supporting Black Lives Matter, and SiriusXM said it will be silencing its music channels for three minutes at 3 p.m. EDT in tribute to “all of the countless victims of racism.”
The company said it “will continue to amplify Black voices by being a space where Black artists showcase their music and talents, and by carrying the message that racism will not be tolerated.”
Some on social media questioned if posting black squares would divert attention away from posts about the Black Lives Matter movement.
“this is the 4th completely different flyer i’ve seen for it,” Grammy-nominated singer Kehlani tweeted about Black Out Tuesday. “”this is the only one without the saying go completely silent for a day in solidarity. the messages are mixed across the board and i really hope it doesn’t have a negative effect.”
When musician Dillon Francis posted that the hashtag for Black Lives Matter was blank on Instagram because users were posting black squares, rapper Lil Nas X responded with: “this is not helping us. bro who the (expletive) thought of this?? ppl need to see what’s going on.”
Several music releases and events were postponed as a result of Black Out Tuesday. Interscope Geffen A&M Records said it would not release music this week and pushed back releases from MGK, 6lack, Jessie Ware, Smokepurp and others. Chloe x Halle said its sophomore album will come out June 12 instead of Friday, while the group Glass Animals postponed the Tuesday release of its new single “Heat Waves.” Instead of being released Wednesday, singer Ashnikko will drop her song “Cry” and its video on June 17.
A benefit for the Apollo Theater will take place Thursday instead of Tuesday, and South by Southwest postponed an event planned with Rachael Ray.
“At SXSW we stand with the black community and will continue to amplify the voices and ideas that will lead us to a more equitable society,” the company said.
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Котирування нафти еталонного сорту Brent уперше з початку березня наблизилися до позначки 40 доларів за барель. Станом на 13:45 за Києвом ціна становила 39 доларів 42 центи, це більш як на долар перевищує рівень закриття торгів 1 червня.

На ринок нафти позитивно впливає два чинники. Це поступове скорочення пов’язаних із пандемією COVID-19 обмежень і активізація економічної діяльності в більшості розвинутих країн світу, а також реалізація домовленостей про скорочення видобутку, досягнута Організацією країн-експортерів нафти (ОПЕК) і країнами-партнерами картелю, серед яких Росія, Казахстан та інші.

Учасники угоди ОПЕК+ спочатку домовилися скоротити видобуток нафти на рекордні 9,7 мільйона барелів у травні-червні, щоб компенсувати падіння світового попиту, викликане пандемією. Саудівська Аравія та її близькосхідні союзники, які добровільно пішли на ще більш глибоке скорочення видобутку, ніж передбачено умовами угоди, нині виступають за збереження квот на видобуток на поточному рівні протягом додаткових одного-трьох місяців, повідомляє Bloomberg із посиланням інформоване джерело.

Ціни на нафту закрили зростанням вже п’ять тижнів поспіль.
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The base of a Confederate monument in Alabama is all that remains Tuesday morning in Birmingham’s Linn Park. Live video recorded overnight shows crews worked into the early morning hours dismantling the top portion of the obelisk in pieces. It comes about a day after protesters tried to remove the monument themselves during a protest over police brutality, including the death of George Floyd. The stone pieces were hauled off on a flatbed truck. It’s unclear where they were taken. Crews were expected to return later Tuesday to finish removing the monument.BIRMINGHAM, AlabamaThe base of a Confederate monument in Alabama’s largest city was all that remained Tuesday morning after crews worked overnight to dismantle it.Workers began Monday night removing the top portion of the obelisk in pieces in Birmingham’s Linn Park, about a day after protesters tried to remove it themselves during a protest over police brutality, including the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis.Officers kneel with protesters during a protest against the death in Minneapolis in police custody of African-American man George Floyd, in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. June 1, 2020.Monday’s protest was peaceful and many police officers kneeled in solidarity with demonstrators who denounced police brutality. However, tensions flared around 9:30 p.m. as police moved to clear the streets of about 200 people because of the city’s 8 p.m. curfew.A city police officer was injured after demonstrators hurled rocks at officers, police said.Asbury Park Press reporter Gustavo Martinez Contreras was streaming the protest live on Twitter when he was arrested and issued a ticket for failing to obey an order to disperse. He was released from police custody on Tuesday..The curfew had exempted credentialed members of the media.The protest came after 28 similar events took place in the state over the weekend. Incidents of vandalism in Trenton and Atlantic City led to more than two dozen arrests. 
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Національний банк України встановив на 3 червня курс 26 гривень 80 копійок за долар, це на дві копійки менше за офіційний курс на 2 червня. Посилення гривні триває вже четвертий день поспіль – після того, як минулого тижня вперше за більш як місяць курс сягнув 27 гривень за долар.

Торги на українському міжбанківському валютному ринку завершуються на схожому з офіційним рівні – 26 гривень 79–81 копійка за долар, свідчать дані Finance.ua станом на 16:25 за Києвом.

За даними аналітиків сайту «Мінфін», на користь гривні грає пожвавлення економічної діяльності в Україні (підприємцям потрібна гривня, серед іншого, для виплати зарплат, оплати оренди, сировини та матеріалів) та проведення 3 травня аукціону з розміщення ОВДП. Проти гривні працює початок періоду виведення дивідендів дочками іноземних банків. У вівторок ці чинники, разом із традиційним викупом 20 мільйонів доларів із боку НБУ, врівноважили ринок.
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Syria’s stock market on Tuesday suspended trading for the largest cellular company in the country, owned by a cousin of the president and one of Syria’s richest businessmen.  The decision by the Syrian Commission of Financial Markets and Securities marked another development in a deepening financial dispute within the Assad family, which has ruled Syria for five decades. The company, Syriatel, is one of the country’s largest employers, with thousands of staff and 11 million subscribers.The commission said its measure aims to protect shareholders and that the suspension would last until further notice. It did not elaborate.The businessman, Rami Makhlouf, a maternal cousin of President Bashar al-Assad, said in an online posting after the decision late on Monday that the situation was a “farce.” He said that over the past 10 years, 70% of the company’s profits were spent on charity.  “No one will be able to prevent this money from reaching” those in need, he vowed.Last month, a Syrian court imposed a travel ban on Makhlouf until a dispute over outstanding financial dues is settled. The ban was one in a recent quick succession of government measures against Makhlouf, including confiscating his assets and those of his wife and children, and warning that more financial claims would be made against the man once believed to be at the heart of the economy of Syria.  Makhlouf’s latest posting is in line with what has been an unusually widely publicized family rift. He has defiantly challenged the financial claims made against him, saying they are unjust and called for Assad to be an arbiter.  Assad has made no public statements about the affair — the most visible split in the tight-knit family since Assad succeeded his father in 2000.A telecommunications regulatory body had said Makhlouf owes the government some $180 million in outstanding operational fees. Makhlouf challenged the claims that Syriatel owed the state any money in statements and videos posted online.Syria, already under Western sanctions, is entering a new phase of economic hardship, its currency in a down spiral that sent prices of basic commodities soaring. Economic activity is also being hurt by restrictions imposed to combat the coronavirus, following austerity measures taken during the war that has displaced nearly half the population. 
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New Zealand leaders could decide as early as next week to lift restrictions on social distancing and group gatherings due to the country’s success in halting the spread of the coronavirus. “Our strategy of go hard, go early has paid off,” Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tuesday. The country instituted strict lockdown measures for more than six weeks and now has reported 11 consecutive days with no new confirmed cases. Cabinet members will decide Monday whether to move into the next phase of the government’s slow easing of restrictions under which the country’s borders would still remain closed. “We will be one of the first countries in the world to return to this level of normality so quickly,” Ardern said. In France, Tuesday brought a step toward normalcy with restaurants, bars and cafes in Paris allowed to open to customers with outdoor seating.People sit on a terrace in Paris, Tuesday, June 2, 2020. Parisians who have been cooped up for months with take-out food and coffee will be able to savor their steaks tartare in the fresh air and cobbled streets of the City of Light once more.As many countries plan when to allow international tourists again, the U.N.’s International Civil Aviation Organization is recommending a series of precautions for air travel. The ICAO says travelers should have their temperatures checked when they arrive at the airport, should carry minimal luggage and be required to wear face masks on board planes and in terminals where social distancing is not possible. The recommendations also include airlines providing flight attendants with protective equipment such as medical masks, gloves and visors. In Nicaragua, where the government has not instituted the type of lockdown orders seen in many parts of the world, a group of more than 30 medical associations issued an open letter calling for three or four weeks of quarantine to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. The groups said Nicaragua is in a phase of accelerated expansion and community transmission, and that if authorities continue to deny the situation then the loss of life will get worse. The World Health Organization said Monday that Central and South America “have very much become the intense zones of transmission” for the coronavirus at this time. “I don’t believe that we have reached the peak in that transmission, and at this point, I cannot predict when we will,” said Mike Ryan, executive director of WHO’s Health Emergencies Program. He said the countries reporting the biggest increases in cases are Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Mexico and Bolivia. Mexico’s health ministry reported its death toll had surpassed 10,000 people.  The country has confirmed more than 93,000 cases, but officials say the true figure is much higher. In the United States, COVID-19 has killed about 26,000 nursing home residents, the government reported, accounting for nearly one-fourth of all U.S. deaths from the disease. About 450 nursing home staffers have also died of COVID-19.     “This data, and anecdotal reports across the country, clearly show that nursing homes have been devastated by the virus,” CDC Director Robert Redfield and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services chief Seema Verma said in a letter to state governors. 
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The World Health Organization has warned that malaria deaths in Sub-Saharan Africa could double this year to 769,000 due to disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria has the highest cases of malaria in the world but with the global focus on controlling the spread of COVID-19, many malaria patients are not getting to hospitals and intervention could fall through the cracks. Nigerian technology startup Wellahealth is trying to bridge the gap with rapid malaria testing. Timothy Obiezu reports from Abuja.Camera: Emeka Gibson  
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