The Nikkei 225 Index rose 1.00% during the day.

The Rightmove average asking price index in the UK was at an annual rate of 0.8% in March, compared with the previous value of 0.10%.

CEO of U.S. natural gas supplier Venture Global: A long-term suspension of reviews of new export licenses will push up the cost of global liquefied natural gas.

Sources: TSMC is considering building advanced chip packaging production capacity in Japan. One option is to introduce its CoWoS packaging technology to Japan.

[Goldman Sachs: U.S. new jobs are expected to average 125,000 per month this year] Goldman Sachs: We estimate that the number of U.S. immigrants in 2023 will be 1.5 million above the trend level of about 1 million per year, which means that the average monthly job growth will increase 80,000, reaching 155,000. We expect immigration numbers to be around 1 million higher than usual this year, implying monthly job growth averaging around 125,000.

[Goldman Sachs: The Bank of Japan will end negative interest rates this week] Goldman Sachs said on the 18th that it currently expects the Bank of Japan to cancel negative interest rates in March (this Tuesday). Higher wage negotiation results and news reports will stimulate change. On the previous 13 days, Goldman Sachs believed that the Bank of Japan’s communication at this critical moment was not clear enough and would postpone the rate hike for one month.

The Jordanian military said its air defense radar system detected suspicious air activity of unknown origin along the Jordan-Syria border.

Nasdaq futures opened slightly higher by 0.09% on Monday.

WTI crude oil opened slightly higher on Monday, at $80.64 per barrel.

Spot gold opened lower on Monday and is currently trading at $2,151 an ounce.

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Russia needs to consider who it can talk to about the possibility of peace in Ukraine. Implying that Ukrainian President Zelensky was not his choice.

Current Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference in the early morning of the 18th local time and said that he was grateful to voters for their trust and support and that he would continue to promote national development in his new term.

RBNZ: All New Zealand banks have met increasing capital requirements over the past two years.

The United States issued a security alert on charter flights to Haiti and said it was arranging charter flights for American citizens in Haiti.

Chairman of the Russian-Chinese Election Commission: In the past day, 12,600 incidents of dangerous impact on the Central Election Commission website were recorded, including 4 DDoS attacks, all of which have been blocked.

Israeli Defense Minister Galanter urged a speedy hostage deal as the government reached an impasse over sending a delegation to the talks.

The Russian Ministry of Defense: Russian air defense systems shot down S-200 missiles and 168 Ukrainian drones in one day.

Regional Governor: A drone was shot down in the Kaluga region of Russia.