SQUAWK BOX, FRIDAY 2ND JUNE, 2023

The U.S. Senate votes to pass the debt ceiling agreement to send it onto President Biden to ratify, avoiding what would have been the first ever U.S. default. The news pushes Asian markets into the green. The Nikkei is now on course for its eighth consecutive week of gains while tech stocks lead the way on the Hang Seng in Hong Kong. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy puts pressure on NATO to forge a path for Kyiv’s accession with UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak telling CNBC Ukraine rightfully belongs in the alliance. And crude prices are up ahead of this weekend’s Opec+ meeting but still track towards their worst week since early May.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.