USD/JPY fell below 141.71, its lowest level since August.

Japan, Britain and Italy sign treaty to develop joint fighter jets.

OpenAI: The glitch in ChatGPT on the web side has been resolved.

The Philippine stock index rose 2% during the day, reaching 6,383.34 points.

According to the Malaysian National News Agency: Malaysian police arrested 31 people for illegal mining of rare earth ores.

OpenAI: ChatGPT has major outage on the web.

The mayor of Moscow, Russia, said the city had once again shot down a hostile drone and no casualties were reported.

EUR/USD hit 1.09, up 0.23% on the day.

The Indian rupee rose more than 1% against the US dollar on the day.

Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno Hiroshi: No plans to resign as a member of parliament.

Traders said Asian investment-grade dollar bond spreads narrowed by at least 2 basis points.

The Malaysian ringgit rose 1% against the US dollar on the day.

Argentina’s Minister of Economy: Argentina will pay the IMF on December 21 and “reformulate” the agreement.

TD Securities previews Bank of England interest rate decision: Weak inflation data coupled with signs of worsening household demand should keep the Monetary Policy Committee on hold again. The vote is likely to be 6-3, with three hawkish dissenters, and the tone is likely to remain almost unchanged from November.

The Thai baht rose 1.5% against the US dollar on the day.

The Philippine stock index rose 1% to 6321.14 points.

Deutsche Bank looks forward to the Bank of England interest rate decision: We expect the Bank of England to keep interest rates unchanged at 5.25% and be cautious about the outlook for inflation, and there will be no change in forward guidance.

The Bank of Japan will provide 100 billion yen to directly purchase corporate bonds.

The main coking coal contract fell by more than 2.00% during the day and is currently trading at 1907.00 yuan/ton.