All three major U.S. stock indexes rose to daily highs, with the S&P 500 index expanding to 1%.

Investment Company Institute (ICI): Money market fund assets fell to $5.87 trillion in the week ended December 20.

Panama Canal Authority: Traffic in the canal has not yet seen a significant increase following the change in the situation in the Red Sea region.

According to Ukrainian Pravda: Ukraine’s official creditors from the G7 group and the Paris Club agreed to postpone the repayment of Ukraine’s official debt until 2027.

US Department of Defense Spokesperson: More than 20 countries have now joined the Red Sea convoy force.

Fund analysis company Lipper: U.S. loan funds had outflows of $167 million in the latest week; investment-grade funds had inflows of $1.6 billion; municipal bond funds had inflows of $147 million; high-yield funds had inflows of $1.07 billion Dollar.

The Australian dollar AUD/USD rose more than 1.00% during the day and is now at 0.6798.

Market news: Shell (SHEL.N) will expand the proportion of layoffs. Affected employees can choose a layoff plan or apply for job transfer.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.42% in night trading at 16,683 points, a 62-point premium.

According to Nikkei: Japan’s financial services agency will soon draft a code of conduct aimed at improving information disclosure by venture capital firms.

According to Nikkei: The Japanese government seeks to build Japan into an asset management center and provide start-ups with stable growth capital channels.

According to Nikkei: Japan will require greater transparency among domestic venture capital firms.

[Armed factions affiliated with Jihad said they fired multiple artillery shells at Israeli military assembly points and military bases] The Quds Brigade under the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Jihad) issued a statement on the evening of December 21, local time, saying that it fired several artillery shells at Israeli military assembly points and military bases. Multiple rockets and mortars were fired at a gathering point for Israeli soldiers east of the southern city of Khan Younis and at the Israeli military base at Kissufim in the southern Gaza Strip. Currently, there is no response from Israel.

French Transport Minister: The (British-French) undersea tunnel blockade has been lifted.

According to AFP: Unions announce the end of the Channel Tunnel strike.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $778.402 billion from 85 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

U.S. natural gas futures rose 5%.