The share price of Chow Tai Fook (01929.HK) in Hong Kong stocks fell 9.6% at the beginning of trading, hitting the biggest intraday drop in two months. The decline has now narrowed to less than 5%. The company plans to issue HK$8.8 billion convertible bonds.

On June 17, Los Angeles Mayor Bass of California, USA, issued a statement in the afternoon of the 16th, announcing that the curfew in parts of downtown Los Angeles would be shortened by two hours from now on. According to the statement, the start time of the curfew will be delayed from 8 pm to 10 pm every night, and the end time will remain at 6 am the next morning. The curfew area remains unchanged. She did not mention when the curfew policy will be lifted.

The Israeli military instructed the public that it was safe to leave shelters, indicating that the threat of Iranian missile attacks was over for now.

Chow Tai Fook (01929.HK) opened down 2.3% and plans to issue HK$8.8 billion convertible bonds.

The Hang Seng Index in Hong Kong opened up 46.35 points, or 0.19%, at 24,107.34 points on June 17 (Tuesday); the Hang Seng Technology Index opened up 14.18 points, or 0.27%, at 5,314.09 points on June 17 (Tuesday); the CSI 300 Index opened up 14.06 points, or 0.16%, at 8,744.05 points on June 17 (Tuesday); and the H-share Index opened up 0.94 points, or 0.02%, at 4,138.47 points on June 17 (Tuesday).

Hang Seng Index futures opened up 0.07% at 24073 points, 12 points higher than the previous session.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato: Hope to continue discussing various issues with Bensent.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato: There are currently no fixed plans for further talks with U.S. Treasury Secretary Benson.

Japanese Finance Minister Katsunobu Kato: We will closely monitor how attacks on oil facilities will affect oil supply and market prices.

The Israeli military instructed the public that it was safe to leave shelters, indicating that the threat of Iranian missile attacks was over for now.

Moscow Mayor: Russian air defense forces shot down two Ukrainian drones flying towards Moscow.

US Defense Secretary Hegseth: The United States will defend its assets in the region.

IDF: Confirmed that Iran launched missiles towards Israel and defense systems are intercepting the threat.

The three major U.S. stock index futures extended their losses, with S&P 500 futures falling 0.6% and Nasdaq futures falling 0.7%.

Futures June 17, 1. India, Myanmar and other places will have heavy rainfall in the next three days. Affected by the monsoon trough, parts of western and northeastern India, Bangladesh, western and southern Myanmar, southwestern Thailand and other places will have heavy to torrential rain. Among them, Gujarat, India, Rakhine State, Myanmar and other places will have heavy rain, accompanied by short-term heavy precipitation, thunderstorms and strong convective weather such as gale. 2. High temperature weather in Central Asia, West Asia, southwestern United States and other places will continue for the next three days. Parts of Central Asia, West Asia, most of North Africa, central and southern Portugal, eastern and southern Spain, southwestern United States, northern Mexico and other places will have high temperature weather above 35℃. Among them, the highest temperature in southern Kazakhstan, western Uzbekistan, western Turkmenistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman, Iran, southern Afghanistan, central and southern Pakistan, northwestern India and other places will exceed 40℃, and local temperatures may reach above 45℃. 3. There will be precipitation, strong winds and cooling weather in central and northern Europe. In the next three days, affected by the low vortex, Northern Europe, most of Eastern Europe and eastern Central Europe will have light to moderate rain, with heavy rain in some areas; most of central and northern Europe will have a temperature drop of 4 to 6℃, accompanied by 4 to 5 winds, with gusts of 7 to 8.

Goldman Sachs: We still expect an oversupply of LNG in the market, causing natural gas storage levels in northwestern Europe to approach capacity limits in the summer of 2027.