U.S. House Speaker Johnson asked U.S. President Biden to take executive action on border issues.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said the Port Harcourt refinery with a capacity of 210,000 barrels per day will resume operations in January.

Market news: The Moldovan parliament fired central bank governor Octavian Amasu for failing to take action against the 2014-2015 bank fraud scandal.

Trader: Argentina stock index turns lower.

Fitch: Air cargo prices may also benefit from demand for time-sensitive cargo.

Fitch: The disruption in the Red Sea is not expected to last long and will not have a significant impact on the medium-term supply and demand balance of global shipping.

Fitch: We still expect the supply of container shipping capacity to be approximately 4 percentage points higher than demand growth in 2024.

The European Commission estimates that the 27 EU countries will import corn in 2023/24 at 19 million tons, compared with an estimate of 20 million tons last month.

Czech police said that a shooting in Prague killed more than 15 people.

Market news: Tesla (TSLA.O) expects Cybertruck battery production to be delayed.

US Geological Survey: A 5.7-magnitude earthquake occurred 22 kilometers north of the Chilean city of Tocopililla.

Faraday Future (FFIE.O) fell 10%.

The Central Bank of Egypt kept the overnight deposit rate unchanged at 19.25% and the overnight lending rate at 20.25%.

The U.S. eight-week Treasury bond auction to December 21 - the bid-to-bid ratio was 2.74, compared with the previous value of 2.83.

The U.S. Treasury bond auction for the four weeks to December 21 - the bid-to-bid ratio was 2.68, compared with the previous value of 2.86.

The Times reported, citing Pentagon sources, that the United States has deployed its largest military force in the Red Sea in recent decades.

White House: U.S. President Biden had a phone call with Mexican President Lopez on Thursday.