(Updates after report of potential peace memo) * Stocks jump after report that US is close to memo to end war * Stoxx 600 up 2.1%; S&P futures rise 0.7%; oil down 7% * AI exuberance also driving gains in stocks By Harry Robertson LONDON, May 6 (Reuters) - Stocks leapt and oil prices dropped on Wednesday after a report...

* MSCI EM stocks up 2.8%, FX gains 0.5% * South Korean stocks hit record high, Samsung reaches $1 trillion * Intervention speculation swirls after yen surges, dollar dips * Poland monetary policy decision due on Wednesday By Purvi Agarwal May 6 (Reuters) - Emerging market currencies gained on Wednesday as optimism around a peace deal in the Middle East...

* Trump says great progress made towards deal with Iran * Gold hits highest since April 27; silver since April 23 * Dollar, oil drop as Trump indicates possible Iran peace deal * April ADP employment report due at 1215 GMT (Updates for EMEA morning session) By Pablo Sinha May 6 (Reuters) - Gold prices climbed over 3% on Wednesday...

May 6 (Reuters) - What matters in U.S. and global markets today By Mike Dolan, Editor-at-Large, Finance and Markets Oil prices slumped and global stocks surged after reports that the U.S. and Iran were nearing a one-page memorandum to end the war in the Gulf. That news came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would pause his operation...