U.S. stocks pre-market: Salesforce falls about 6% after earnings, C3.ai plunges 12%, Direxion Daily FTSE China Bull 3X ETF drops about 4%.

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Before the U.S. stock market opens, C3.ai falls about 12% as the company's first-quarter results miss expectations. Salesforce drops about 6%, with second-quarter revenue at $10.24 billion, up 9.8% year-over-year.

Most Chinese concept stocks decline; NIO falls about 2%, XPeng Motors falls about 2%, Alibaba falls about 2%. The Direxion 3x Long FTSE China ETF drops about 4%.

Europe's Euro Stoxx 50 index opens down 0.02%, Germany's DAX index rises 0.2%, the UK's FTSE 100 index drops 0.2%, and France's CAC 40 index rises 0.2%.

The Nikkei 225 index in Japan closes up 1.5% at 42,580.27 points. The TOPIX index in Japan closes up 1% at 3,080.17 points. South Korea's KOSPI closes up 0.5% at 3,200.83 points.

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