Saudi Aramco: After the equity transfer, Saudi Arabia remains the largest shareholder of Saudi Aramco, maintaining 82.186% of the equity. The equity transfer has no impact on operations and dividends.

British Prime Minister Sunak: I want a simpler, fairer tax system.

British Prime Minister Sunak: (Speech on National Insurance and Income Tax) I want to go further and our long-term goal is to eliminate inequity.

Shares of New York Community Bank erased previous gains and fell 1.5% before the market opened.

New York Community Bank issued a clarification statement on the details of the capital raising transaction, saying that the equity capital increase transaction included approximately 59.75 million shares.

Barclays: Raised its price target on JD.com (JD.O) to $39 from $35.

Bank of Israel: Foreign exchange reserves were US$206.828 billion in February, an increase from US$206.125 billion in January.

The European Stoxx 600 index exceeded 500 points for the first time.

Tesla (TSLA.O) U.S. stocks fell 1.1% before the market opened, hitting a nine-month low at the close yesterday.

JPMorgan Chase: Raise the price target for JD.com (JD.O) from $25 to $28.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD has expanded its intraday gains to 0.50% and is now at 0.6597.

WTI crude oil hit $78 per barrel, down 0.78% on the day.

Russian state media said the fire appeared to have occurred in a barracks at an academy in Kazan that trains future tank commanders.

Kuwait National Petroleum Company CEO: Company is exchanging cargo to avoid Red Sea route.

Brent crude oil fell to US$82 per barrel, down 0.76% on the day.

A survey by the Bank of England Policymakers Group showed that CPI inflation expectations dropped from 2.9% to 2.8% in three years.