The British Navy received a report that a ship was boarded by armed personnel 46 nautical miles east of El Somalia.

COMEX silver futures fell below $23 per ounce, down 0.70% on the day.

Spot palladium fell more than 2.00% during the day and is currently trading at $1,045.95 per ounce.

The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index fell 1.7% to a three-week low.

According to The Information: OpenAI provides news licensing fees of US$1 million to US$5 million per year.

German Government Spokesperson: The joint leaders agreed that the implementation of the elimination of tax incentives for agricultural diesel will not be implemented in one step. Instead, tax breaks will be gradually reduced to give affected companies more time to adjust.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA): The first explosion in Iran yesterday was caused by a suicide bomb.

The U.S. 30-year Treasury bond yield rose 7.4 basis points to 4.131%.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose nearly 15 points in the short term and is now at 102.50.

The average daily contract trading volume of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) in December increased by 39% year-on-year.

The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield rose 7.7 basis points to 3.984% after the release of initial jobless claims data.

The four-week average number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending December 30 was 207,750, compared with the previous value of 212,000.

In the United States, 1.855 million people continued to apply for unemployment benefits in the week to December 23, compared with the expected 1.883 million people and the previous value of 1.875 million.

Israeli Defense Minister Galante: The window for Lebanese diplomatic understanding is very short.

Israeli Defense Minister Galante meets with US energy security envoy Hochstein.

ADP report: The median annual rate of salary growth for professional/business services employees was 5.2% in December, compared with 5.5% in November.