Category: Flash News

On January 23rd, the Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed down 0.66%, with most popular Chinese concept stocks falling. Ideal Auto fell nearly 5%, Xiaopeng Motors and Miniso fell over 3%, and iQiyi, TAL Education, New Oriental, NetEase, and Pinduoduo fell over 1%; NIO rose over 2%, while JD.com and Alibaba rose over 1%.

On January 23, a large number of bids were made for the March put option of the 10-year US treasury bond bond, with the target yield of about 5.6% before the maturity on February 21. The premium for this position is approximately $780000. US traders reported that at 2:32 pm New York time, 50000 March put options on US Treasury bonds with an exercise price of 102.00 were purchased. As of Tuesday’s close, there were 2900 open contracts on the options, indicating that the cash flow was a new opening. As of 2:50 p.m., the yield of US 10-year treasury bond bonds had reached about 4.60%, up 2 basis points on the day.

On January 23, the White House issued a statement on January 22 local time, stating that President Trump signed an executive order to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the United States through the southern border. Trump authorized and instructed the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Justice and the State Department to take all necessary actions to immediately repatriate and expel foreigners illegally crossing the southern border of the United States. The statement said that illegal immigration affected the lives of all Americans. Trump has stated that illegal immigration harms American workers, increases the burden on American taxpayers, undermines public safety, puts enormous pressure on local schools, hospitals, and communities, and causes billions of dollars in losses to the United States every year. Therefore, he will take all legal actions to address this crisis.

On January 23rd, the Governor of the German Central Bank issued a warning against trade tariffs, just a day after US President Donald Trump reiterated that if the EU wants to avoid tariffs, it should purchase more US oil and gas. Tariffs will hurt both sides, “said Joachim Nagel, the governor of the German central bank, at a reception in Davos on Wednesday. We must become stronger and then be in a more advantageous position in tariff negotiations. But we must be prepared

On January 23rd, local police in the United States announced on January 22nd that a shooting incident occurred at a high school in Nashville, Tennessee at around 11:11 Central Time, resulting in two students being injured. The school stated in a statement that the gunman no longer poses a threat. At present, it is unclear about the condition of the two students who were shot and the suspect involved in the shooting.

On January 23rd, Holzmann, the Managing Director of the European Central Bank, stated that it would be best for the ECB to “wait a little longer” before cutting interest rates again. Holzmann believes that if interest rates are cut now, the European Central Bank will face the danger of needing to raise rates later. If that were the case, it would seriously undermine the credibility of monetary policy. Holzmann said that some inflation indicators are still very high, and Donald Trump’s measures may also exacerbate price pressures.

On January 23, Polish Prime Minister Tusk made an official visit to Norway on January 22 local time and met with Norwegian Prime Minister St ø ller. Stoller stated at a joint press conference between the leaders of the two countries that Poland and Norway are currently establishing a strategic energy partnership. Both parties will reach an agreement of significant importance for security, trade, and industrial cooperation. He also stated that Norway and Poland are close allies and closely cooperate in security policies, energy, and trade.

On January 23, Hans Grundberg, the United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen, issued a statement on January 22 local time regarding the release of the crew of the “Galactic Leader”, stating that this progress is an important step in the right direction. Glendberg said in a statement that the release of the crew of the ‘Galactic Leader’ is uplifting, putting an end to over a year of arbitrary detention and separation of the crew and their families. He called on the Houthi armed forces to continue taking active actions, including stopping all maritime attacks, to pave the way for improving the mediation environment and restarting the political process in Yemen. He emphasized that these measures are of great significance in promoting the easing of the situation in Yemen and the restoration of the political process, and millions of Yemeni people are eagerly anticipating them. In addition, Glendberg expressed deep gratitude to Oman for its unremitting efforts to promote the release of crew members, and praised Oman for its firm support in advocating for the release of arbitrarily detained persons by the United Nations, international organizations, and diplomatic institutions.

On January 23, the Palestinian Water Authority announced on the 22nd local time that due to long-term conflict, desalination plants in the Gaza Strip have suffered large-scale damage, with a damage rate of over 90%. The statement stated that the Israeli military used the factory as a military base during the conflict, resulting in the destruction of most of its main components. It is estimated that repairing the factory and putting it back into operation will cost approximately $5 million and may take a whole year to complete the necessary repairs.

On January 23rd, the Israeli Defense Forces announced that in recent days, the Israeli Defense Forces’ Giwati Brigade has withdrawn from the Jabaliya area in northern Gaza during a ceasefire with Hamas. However, the Israeli military stated that the brigade is currently preparing for future operations.