According to Fox News: Japan signed an agreement to purchase 400 US guided missiles.

Market news: The American forum Reddit plans to conduct an IPO in March.

Bank of Israel Governor Yaron: Palestinian worker ban triggers supply shock.

HSBC: Silver ETF demand may recover from liquidations and we expect deficits to boost prices.

Israeli military: Interceptors were launched over the Red Sea to respond to air threats, and everything is safe in the Eilat port area.

Nasdaq 100 futures rose 0.7%.

U.S. and Burundi oil prices fell by more than 0.4 US dollars in the short term, now trading at US$72.61/barrel and US$77.55/barrel respectively.

According to Sky News: Executives from HSBC, Lloyds Bank and NatWest will meet with British Chancellor of the Exchequer Hunt next week.

RBI: Food inflation is likely to affect overall inflation. Large, repeated food price shocks may also affect non-food inflation.

RBI: Ongoing integration of fiscal and external balances needs to continue.

Reserve Bank of India: The target for 2024-25 should be to ensure real GDP growth of at least 7% in a stable macroeconomic environment to maintain momentum.

Reserve Bank of India: Potential output is picking up, and actual output is higher than potential output, but the gap is not large.

Reserve Bank of India: Inflation needs to remain consistent with the target in the second quarter of this year and stabilize on this basis.

Reserve Bank of India: Developments in the Red Sea region have created considerable uncertainty about the near-term prospects for India’s merchandise trade.

The Israeli military sounded a siren at the Red Sea port of Eilat to warn of a possible aerial threat.

Reserve Bank of India: GDP growth forecast for the third quarter of fiscal year 2023-2024 is 7%.

Market news: Some investors are urging Bayer to spin off its business units, but Bayer is said to be leaning against a spin-off.

Apple (AAPL.O) rose 1.7% in pre-market trading after Bank of America upgraded the stock to buy.

VinFast (VFS.O) delivered 34,855 vehicles in 2023 and 13,513 vehicles in the fourth quarter.

Dow futures turned higher and were now up 0.14%, S&P 500 futures rose 0.29%, and Nasdaq futures rose 0.58%.