The U.S. 2-year Treasury bond yield edged higher after the Treasury auction, rising to 4.720%.

The U.S. six-month Treasury bond auction as of February 26 - the winning interest rate allocation percentage was 85.31%, the previous value was 78.58%.

The U.S. 2-year Treasury bond auction as of February 26 - the winning interest rate was 4.691%, compared with the previous value of 4.37%.

Market News: The EU seeks to provide Ukraine with more ammunition to reverse the progress made by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA): IAEA Director General Grossi has further raised concerns about the correctness and integrity of Iran’s public claims about its technical capabilities to produce nuclear weapons.

Market news: Iran has reduced its stockpile of enriched uranium close to nuclear bomb level, reducing the purity of enriched uranium to 60% for the first time since 2021.

Kremlin: (Commenting on a video about the destruction of an American Abrams tank in Ukraine) Abrams tanks will burn like other tanks.

Bitcoin rose more than 3% during the day and is now trading at US$53,420 per coin, continuing to hit a new high since December last year.

The Qatar Investment Authority will launch a new venture capital program to support local and regional entrepreneurs, according to the statement.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The European Central Bank is firmly committed to achieving the 2% inflation target.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Reaffirmed the European Central Bank’s January policy guidance.

ECB President Lagarde: Our tightening monetary policy stance, the consequent sharp fall in inflation and firmly anchored long-term inflation expectations, serve as safeguards against a sustained wage-price spiral.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The impact of past upward shocks is gradually fading, and tight financing conditions will help push down inflation.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: We expect inflation to continue to slow.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: The current anti-inflation process is expected to continue, but the Committee needs to be convinced that it will lead us sustainably to reach the 2% target.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: Wage pressure remains strong.

European Central Bank President Lagarde: There are growing signs that economic growth is bottoming out, and some forward-looking indicators point to a recovery later this year.

Swedish Prime Minister: This is a historic day and we are ready to shoulder our responsibilities in NATO.

Space exploration startup Intuition Machines (LUNR.O) shares fell more than 25% after the lunar lander capsized.

The Dallas Fed Manufacturing Raw Materials Price Index for February in the United States was 15.4, compared with the previous value of 20.2.