10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Hong Kong protestsAP/Vincent YuPolice officers use pepper spray against protesters in a rally against the proposed amendments to the extradition law at the Legislative Council in Hong Kong.

Here is what you need to know.

  1. The Chinese yuan climbs off 6-month lows. The offshore Chinese yuan is up 0.28% at 6.9119 per dollar after on Monday closing at its highest level since November.
  2. Shares have surged 19% since bottoming out on June 3, and are trading at an almost one-month high ahead of Tuesday's annual meeting.
  3. "Unicorns are amazingly deflationary vehicles," Chanos, the founder and managing partner of Kynikos Associates, told the crowd at a small event recently attended by Business Insider. "They're deflating rents, they're deflating driver salaries, they're deflating all kinds of things."
  4. After reading these facts you'll be glad you live somewhere else.
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