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Glonghui, April 15 — Lumen Technologies (LUMN.US) rose nearly 7% pre-market to $8.34. According to reports, Lumen Technologies announced that it has become the first network provider to offer “last mile” connectivity for AWS Interconnect. This collaboration enables enterprises to establish direct, private, high-speed connections to Amazon Web Services from their offices, data centers, or remote sites via both the AWS Console and the Lumen Connect portal. The service is designed to reduce deployment times from several weeks to just minutes by eliminating the need for multiple providers and manual configurations. (Glonghui)

According to data as of April 15, 2026, the trading volume of international spot gold in the 15 minutes before the U.S. market opening is currently at a 30-day low, with opening support strength significantly below the 30-day average. Meanwhile, the momentum relay percentile of the market is only 7%, reflecting that the current market's ability to sustain a trend is at a relatively low level, and follow-up capital inflows are weak.

Golden Ten Data reported on April 15 that recently, the domestic sulfuric acid price rose to 2,125 yuan/ton, reaching a historic high. It is understood that the current uptick in sulfuric acid prices is mainly driven by geopolitical factors such as the US-Iran conflict. As the import of sulfur, the core raw material, is hindered, prices have continued to run high, causing sulfuric acid prices to climb sharply from around 917 yuan/ton at the beginning of the year to 2,100 yuan/ton by mid-April — an increase of nearly 130%. This cost-driven price surge is profoundly reshaping the profit distribution landscape across the sulfuric acid industry chain. Through visits to upstream and downstream enterprises in the sulfuric acid industry, it was found that the sector is experiencing a starkly mixed situation: for upstream smelting by-product acid producers and pyrite-based acid producers, product price increases directly translate to profits; for downstream users such as titanium dioxide and phosphate fertilizer manufacturers, the soaring raw material costs are exerting significant operational pressure, and this situation is unlikely to ease in the short term.