(The opinions expressed here are those of the authors.)

By Anna Szymanski

June 12 (Reuters) - Every Friday, Reuters Open Interest

(ROI) will provide you with a wrap-up of the financial week that

was with five key charts. We'll highlight major trends - but

also surprising and sometimes overlooked moves.

We've said a lot this week, so now we'll let the data do the

talking.

(1) LOSS LEADER

ANNA SZYMANSKI, ROI Editor-in-Charge: IPOs from loss-making

companies have in the past two years represented an increasingly

large share of total IPO proceeds - amid the rising AI boom -

after equity issuance plummeted in 2022 with the rise in

interest rates. This trend now looks set to kick up a notch with

the blockbuster $75 billion IPO from Elon Musk's SpaceX,

especially with both OpenAI and Anthropic coming down the pike.

Is this simply laying the groundwork for the next technological

era or a sign of overexuberance? Or both? Only time will tell.

(2) END OF AN ERA?

RON BOUSSO, ROI Energy Columnist: OPEC's share of global oil

production has plummeted since the start of the Iran war and the

closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The producer group will likely

find it hard to build back its strength.

(3) NIMBY

MIKE DOLAN, ROI Finance & Markets Columnist: Just one in three

Americans approve of the fast pace of the data-center

construction supporting artificial intelligence and most would

oppose having one built in their own community, according to a

new Reuters/Ipsos poll.

(4) SAFETY LAST

JAMIE MCGEEVER, ROI Markets Columnist: Gold, the classic "safe

haven" hedge against inflation and geopolitical risk, is

tumbling, even as inflation is rising and geopolitical risk

remains sky-high. It is down nearly 30% from its January peak

above $5,500/oz and is on the cusp of breaking below $4,000 for

the first time since November.

(5) COMEBACK

Liquefied natural gas demand in Asia is quietly recovering from

the shock of losing almost 20% of global supply to the Iran

conflict as top buyer China shows signs of returning to the

market. The biggest-importing region is on track for arrivals of

21.83 million metric tons in June, the most for five months and

also up year-over-year, according to data compiled by commodity

analysts Kpler. Asia's LNG imports had dropped to a six-year low

of 18.74 million tons in April after the effective closure of

the Strait of Hormuz halted shipments from Qatar, which shipped

80.9 million tons in 2025.

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