An index of home prices rose 0.6% last month, according to the data, compared to a revised 0.4% gain in April. The index has climbed 3.6% so far this year, and is off just 0.8% from its all-time high hit in May 2019.
Bitcoin was holding around $38,500 -- having almost fallen through $30,000 recently for the first time since January -- after Musk tweeted support for a group attempting to make the mining of the currency less environmentally damaging.
Last week in Alaska the two countries held their first high-level meeting under President Joe Biden's administration, with both sides leveling sharp rebukes of the others' policies.