The Israeli military said ten Israeli soldiers were killed in fighting in the Gaza Strip in the past 24 hours.

Spot gold exceeded $2,030 per ounce, rising 0.42% on the day.

On January 23, local time, multiple explosions were heard in Kiev, Ukraine. Earlier in the day, Kiev sounded an air defense siren.

The Australian dollar against the U.S. dollar AUD/USD has expanded its intraday gains to 0.50% and is now at 0.6603.

Ukrainian military: Ukrainian air defense systems participated in repelling Russian air strikes on Kiev.

Singapore’s CPI increased by 3.7% year-on-year in December, and core CPI increased by 3.3% year-on-year.

The Nikkei 225 Index and Topix Index both erased their intraday gains.

The USD/JPY exchange rate erased previous gains and now fell 0.02% to 148.09.

Shares of Zee Entertainment India fell 10% in pre-market trading after Sony canceled the merger deal between its Indian unit and the company.

Bank of Japan: Japan’s output gap has improved and is expected to gradually expand.

Bank of Japan: Medium- and long-term inflation expectations are gradually rising.

Bank of Japan: The median real GDP growth forecast for fiscal year 2025 is 1.0%, compared with 1.0% in October.

New Zealand Prime Minister: Six defense force personnel will join the international coalition and go to the Red Sea to help protect shipping.

ABN Amro: We expect the Bank of Japan to keep its policy unchanged. We still expect a very gradual rate hike cycle to begin in mid-2024, by which time the Bank of Japan will have more insight into wage and inflation developments.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD broke through 0.66, rising 0.46% on the day.

Brazilian Finance Minister Haddad: One of the members of the central bank committee may become the governor of the central bank.

The Nikkei 225 Index rose 1.00% during the day.