ECB President Lagarde: Outlook highly uncertain

Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran will put an end to the hostile enemy’s exploitation of the Strait of Hormuz. IRAN'S PARLIAMENT ?SPEAKER QALIBAF SAYS IRAN WILL ,THROUGH EXERCISING CONTROL OVER THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ, ENABLE ITSELF AND ITS NEIGHBOURS TO BENEFIT FROM THE VALUABLE PROSPECT OF A FUTURE WITHOUT THE U.S. PRESENCE AND INTERFERENCE

*ECB'S LAGARDE SAYS ECONOMY CERTAINLY MOVING AWAY FROM BASELINE *LAGARDE SAYS ECB DEBATED VARIOUS OPTIONS INCLUDING RATE HIKE ECB PRESIDENT LAGARDE: DECISION WAS UNANIMOUS ECB President Lagarde: Given our position, six weeks is the right time to evaluate progress. ECB President Lagarde: To release updated scenarios in June.

Japan intervened in the FX market - Nikkei Japan conducted yen-buying operation - Nikkei

*LAGARDE SAYS SHE KNOWS WHERE ECB IS HEADED ON INTEREST RATES *LAGARDE: `CERTAINLY NOT SEEING SECOND-ROUND EFFECTS'