British Defense Secretary: Red Sea situation is "unsustainable".

London Metal Exchange (LME): The LME is actively monitoring the trading order in the Russian metals market and we have noticed that Russian metals continued to flow through the warehousing network in December.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and urged the need for an international peace conference, a Palestinian statement said.

The MBA mortgage application activity index in the United States for the week ending January 5 was 190.6, from the previous value of 173.5.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that Gaza is vital to Palestinian statehood and cannot be cut off.

Bitcoin hit $45,000 per coin, down 1.31% on the day.

The yield on German 2-year government bonds rose 2.3 basis points during the day to 2.632%, the highest level since December 13.

Market news: Turkey’s antitrust agency fined Meta more than 140 million liras.

Market News: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Palestinian President Abbas had a fruitful discussion on administrative reforms, and the United States supports Palestinian state-building steps.

JPMorgan currency strategists said that despite lingering uncertainty, the dollar has fully priced in the prospect of lower inflation, so it makes no sense to expect further dollar weakness. "The onus remains on the data to substantiate this narrative, which is why we see little value in chasing dollar declines while growth and yields remain challenged outside the U.S.," they said in a note. JPMorgan maintained its bullish bias on the U.S. dollar, expecting the U.S. dollar to rise, and said the U.S. dollar could strengthen if markets reassess expectations of a rate cut by the Federal Reserve this year.

Reuters survey: The U.S. 10-year Treasury bond yield is expected to be 3.93% in the next six months and 3.75% in the next year (the expectations in December last year were 4.10% and 3.88% respectively).

Boeing (BA.N) turned positive before the market opened and was up 0.3%.

According to AFP: US officials said that US Secretary of State Blinken will make a surprise visit to Bahrain.

Market News: Slovakia approves plan to assist Kia in increasing electric vehicle production.

On January 10, local time, according to TASS news agency, the Russian armed forces will receive a series of weapons and equipment in 2024, which will include 2 Tu-160M strategic bombers, the "Prince Pozharsky" and the "Borey-A" "class nuclear submarine. In addition, the "Sarmat" intercontinental missile will begin combat duty in 2024. At the same time, Russia will increase the production of hypersonic missiles "Dagger" and "Zircon" and continue to develop new equipment. The Navy will receive three submarines and 11 surface ships.

Vitol Energy Group: Spare oil production capacity and OPEC+ discipline will become the focus in 2024.

Market News: The Iraqi Prime Minister stated that Iraq hopes that the US-led troops will withdraw from Iraq quickly and orderly through negotiations.

Vitol Energy Group: Risks in the Middle East did not trigger a reaction in the oil market because there was no real (supply) disruption.

Mike Muller, head of Asia for Vitol Energy Group: The oil market is basically balanced.

According to RIA Novosti: Russian oil transportation company Transneft stated that the volume of oil transported through the oil transportation system in 2023 will remain at the level of 2022.