The US dollar index DXY fell 12 points in the short term and is now at 106.22.

Kazakhstan Ministry of Emergency Situations: Nearly 117,000 people have been evacuated due to floods.

Norwegian Petroleum Directorate: Oil has been discovered in the North Sea. Preliminary calculations show that the recoverable oil volume of the discovery is between 2 and 3.7 million standard cubic meters.

Norges Bank has pushed back its forecast for the first rate cut by the Norges Bank to December.

The three major U.S. stock index futures fell in the short term, with Nasdaq 100 index futures down 0.43%, S&P 500 index futures down 0.28%, and Dow futures down 0.16%.

The main contract of coking coal rose by 2.00% during the day and is now trading at 1,776.00 yuan/ton.

The UK core CPI month-on-month rate in March was 0.6%, in line with expectations of 0.5% and the previous value of 0.6%.

The UK Retail Price Index was 4.3% year-on-year in March, in line with expectations of 4.20% and the previous value of 4.50%.

On April 17, local time, an air defense alarm sounded in Kiev, Ukraine.

The Dubai Financial Market website is currently undergoing maintenance.

The Nikkei 225 index fell 1% to 38,084.91 points.

The main iron ore contract rose by more than 2.00% during the day and is now trading at 851.50 yuan/ton.

Hungarian Central Bank Chief Economist Kuti: The Hungarian forint is more important in policy making.

Volvo: It gradually reduced its production capacity in Europe in the first quarter and expects European production capacity to "return to balance" in the second quarter.

Volvo: Still expects European heavy-duty truck market sales to reach 280,000 units in 2021.

Volvo: Demand continued to normalize at a good level in the first quarter.