Elysee Palace: France is committed to ensuring the continued supply of weapons to Ukraine, prioritizing air defense, artillery, long-range strike capabilities and armored vehicles.

Elysee Palace: The security agreement between France and Ukraine also includes the provision of rapid assistance within 24 hours in the event of a future Russian "invasion".

Elysee Palace: The security agreement between France and Ukraine includes industrial cooperation in military equipment and the training of Ukrainian soldiers.

Market news: Masayoshi Son hopes that the company will be complementary to ARM HOLDINGS.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.13% in night trading at 16,374 points, a 34-point premium.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE): In the week ended February 13, the net long position of ICE Brent crude oil held by speculators increased by 37,681 contracts to 276,037 contracts. Speculative net long positions in gasoline futures increased by 14,837 contracts to 81,364 contracts.

Market news: Argentinian train workers will hold a 24-hour strike on February 21.

Fed Daley: Business people are not strongly demanding an interest rate cut, but hope that inflation will continue to decline.

Baker Hughes: U.S. drillers cut oil and gas rig count for second time in three weeks.

Market news: The U.S. Pentagon has applied for US$300 million in funding for the first batch of "replicator" drones.

The total number of rigs drilled in the United States in the week to February 16 was 621, compared with the previous value of 623.

Dell (DELL.N) expanded its intraday gains to 3%.

US President Joe Biden: is considering multiple options to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable.

According to CGTN: Ukrainian President Zelensky arrived in Paris and signed a bilateral security agreement with France.