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Christian Mueller-Glissmann, managing director for portfolio strategy and asset allocation at Goldman Sachs, discusses risk appetite amid US efforts to end the war in Iran. "A lot of the clients we speak to do very little in terms of taking a view on that conflict," Mueller-Glissmann tells Bloomberg Television. "They rather try to do tweaks and twists to the portfolio and focus on diversification."

Early results in the local elections showed Nigel Farage's populist Reform UK racking up sweeping gains over Prime Minister Keir Starmer's Labour. The results reaffirm a splintering of British politics that's seen the insurgent Reform and Green parties make up ground on the right and left. Bloomberg's Alex Morgan reports from London.

Alexandra Ivanova, fund manager at Invesco Asset Management, discusses the outlook for credit markets and where she sees opportunities. "Software has been one of the big underperformers," Ivanova tells Bloomberg Television. "There are places there that I think there are resilient businesses."

Commerzbank CEO Bettina Orlopp discusses the company's performance as the lender lifted its guidance for profit this year and outlined more job cuts. Orlopp also discusses the hostile takeover attempt by UniCredit, saying it would put a lot of revenue at risk. She speaks on Bloomberg Television.

Trump warns of massive strikes if Iran rejects a US deal, even as he claims a shaky ceasefire holds. While equity markets remain bullish, oil markets show "deep distress" and prediction markets signal low confidence in a swift diplomatic resolution.

Fabio Bassi, head of cross-asset strategy at JPMorgan, discusses market sentiment as global equities rose on optimism that the US and Iran were nearing a deal. "The AI upstream theme is a critical diver of the dynamic of the equity market," Bassi tells Bloomberg Television. He adds that despite the oil supply shock in response to the situation in the Middle East, the message from earnings is still "positive."

Sam Lynton-Brown, head of global macro strategy at BNP Paribas Markets 360, discusses the economic situation in the United Kingdom. Speaking on Bloomberg Television, he says BNP is not expecting UK long-term borrowing costs to go higher following the yield on 30-year gilts' jump to 5.78% earlier in the week. "We think that's actually one of the DM bond markets that should be a little bit more insulated given how cheap valuations already are," Lynton-Brown says.

US Ambassador to the EU Andrew Puzder says President Donald Trump could go ahead with a 25% tariff on European cars and trucks "relatively soon" if there is no progress on the bloc's ratification of a a trade deal that the two sides initially reached last July. Puzder talks with Bloomberg's Oliver Crook in Brussels.

Novo Nordisk said this year's declines won't be as bad as initially expected thanks to the new Wegovy pill, which helped fuel sales in the first quarter. For the year, the worst drop for both profit and sales will be 12%, compared with 13% earlier. Bloomberg's Sanne Wass reports from Copenhagen.

President Donald Trump said he would pause an effort to help stranded ships exit the Strait of Hormuz to see if the US can reach an agreement with Iran to end the war. Bloomberg's Stuart Livingstone-Wallace has the latest.