Spot gold stood at $2,000 an ounce, up 0.56% on the day.

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura: Welcome South Korea to re-include Japan in its trade export white list.

Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura: I hope to provide support for the next generation of chips as needed.

L Catterton, a consumer goods private equity fund owned by LVMH Group, plans to expand its investment in Japan, targeting mid-sized companies.

The Japanese government left its overall economic assessment unchanged in April while raising import expectations. The Japanese government believes that the economy will recover moderately, but weakness remains.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda is scheduled to appear in parliament starting at 9:40 local time.

On April 24 local time, U.S. President Biden approved the Oklahoma major disaster declaration, and he ordered federal assistance for areas affected by the winter storm from April 19 to April 20.

According to the network status monitoring website DownDetector: User reports show that Twitter is having problems.

[The probability that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates by 25 basis points in May is 98.9%] According to CME "Fed Watch": the probability that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged in May is 1.1%, and the probability of raising interest rates by 25 basis points is 98.9%; There is a 1% chance of rates being at current levels, a 90% chance of a cumulative rate hike of 25 basis points, and an 8.9% probability of a cumulative rate hike of 50 basis points.

According to Yonhap News Agency: Netflix will invest 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in South Korea.

CEO of First Republic Bank: is controlling the size of loans, focusing on selling loans in the secondary market.

First Republic Bank: 6% of total loans in commercial real estate loan portfolio.

Occidental Petroleum will increase its investment in the pipeline business by $2.5 million.

First Republic Bank: No questions will be taken during the call.

According to Fox News: US President Biden is expected to officially announce his 2024 re-election campaign tomorrow (25th local time).

First Republic Bank: Has retained nearly 90% of its treasury professionals.

US Secretary of State Blinken: The United States is working on creating a team to monitor the ceasefire in Sudan.

First Republic Bank: The scale of deposit insurance decreased in the first quarter, but to a moderate extent.

First Republic plans to cut about 20%-25% of its workforce in the second quarter.

First Republic ended the period with $104.47 billion in deposits, beating market expectations of $136.67 billion.