Market news: South Korea revised regulatory regulations to support corporate value-added plans.

Australian Prime Minister Albanese: The government will provide $550 million to build rare earth mines and smelters in northern Australia.

Royal Institution of Surveyors (RICS): UK rents are expected to rise at a slower pace over the next year, but will still rise.

In Japan, foreign investors bought 1,152.6 billion yen of Japanese bonds in the week to March 8, compared with the previous value of 572.5 billion yen.

Japan purchased 1,579.6 billion yen in foreign bonds in the week to March 8, compared with the previous value of 484.6 billion yen.

U.S. House Speaker Johnson: We understand the urgency of providing funding to Ukraine and we are working on all options to assist Ukraine.

Market news: The United States will provide a record loan to Nevada lithium producer Lithium Americas for its project.

According to the Wall Street Journal: The United States is investigating Hamas’s use of cryptocurrency before October 7 last year.

According to the Wall Street Journal: Binance employees remain detained in Nigeria.

Biopharmaceutical company Spruce Biosciences Inc. U.S. stocks fell more than 75% after the market closed. The company announced that the results of the Cahmelia-203 study failed to meet the primary endpoint.

Argentina and Brazil are lifting restrictions on flights between the two countries, officials said.

Citi: Reaffirming our base case that the ongoing but likely temporary strength in oil prices should weaken after 2024 (Citi predicts Brent crude oil prices are expected to be US$78 in the second quarter of 2024, followed by US$72 ); Brent crude oil prices are expected to fall to $60 in 2025.

FISKER (FSR.N) shares fell 50% after hours.

MicroStrategy (MSTR.O) plans to issue $500 million in convertible senior notes; the company will use the net proceeds to buy more Bitcoin.

U.S. Steel (XN) closed down 13%, its worst one-day performance since June 2020.

Consulting agency Agroconsult: Global soybean prices are expected to be around US$12/bushel.

U.S. Department of Energy: A contract has been approved to acquire 3.25 million barrels of oil as strategic reserves. The contract stipulates that Exxon Mobil is responsible for purchasing 1.05 million barrels, Macquarie Commodities is responsible for purchasing 1.2 million barrels, and Sunoco is responsible for purchasing 1 million barrels. bucket.

According to the Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency, at 1:56 local time on March 14, a magnitude 6.2 earthquake occurred in the sea 128 kilometers southeast of North Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, with a focal depth of 10 kilometers.

Hang Seng Index futures closed up 0.19% in night trading at 17,155 points, a 73-point premium.