Good evening, this is Markets Desk with the stories shaping the day.
A van drove into a crowd attending Berlin Pride, killing one person and injuring sixteen others. Police are actively pursuing a suspect, and Berlin's mayor has condemned what he called an attack on the city's free and open society. The incident has drawn widespread political condemnation across Germany.
Turning to markets, Micron Technology is drawing renewed attention from analysts who believe the memory chipmaker is positioned to reclaim its all-time highs in the near term. The thesis rests on a straightforward premise — demand for memory chips is not softening. With artificial intelligence infrastructure buildout accelerating globally, Micron sits at a structural inflection point that few in the semiconductor space can match.
And geopolitics continue to reshape global energy flows. China is aggressively channeling funding into green energy deals through its Belt and Road Initiative, capitalizing on rising appetite for renewables as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East weighs on oil demand. Beijing is effectively turning a supply-side disruption into a strategic long-term investment, deepening its influence across emerging markets while Western energy policy remains unsettled.
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