Iraqi Prime Minister: Iraq reopens Al-shamal refinery that has been closed for 10 years.

Commerzbank: It has lowered its European natural gas price forecast by the end of this year to 35 euros/MWh.

Commerzbank: Lowered its year-end gold price forecast by US$50 to US$2,100 per ounce.

Swedish Government: Hungary will purchase 4 Swedish JAS 39 Gripen fighter jets.

Bank of America: EPFR data shows that investors inflowed $15 billion into stocks, $15.2 billion into bonds, $2.1 billion into cash, and $900 million out of gold in the latest week.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmeygar: (Regarding the Polish border blockade) Ukraine is ready to make reasonable compromises with Poland.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: It is not ruled out that the ECB will review bank reserve remuneration.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: The debate over minimum reserves has nothing to do with central bank losses.

Danish Prime Minister Frederiksen arrived in Lviv, Ukraine, to meet with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov: Armenia has taken no official action after issuing a statement suspending participation in the CSTO. The Kremlin intends to start communication with its Armenian counterparts in order to clarify these statements and understand the details.

Bank of America strategists downgraded European luxury stocks to equal weight.

Bank of America strategists upgraded European mining stocks to overweight.

Reserve Bank of India: Some additional measures are necessary against Paytm.

Reserve Bank of India: Take action against Paytm payments bank under Section 35A.

ECB Executive Member Schnabel: The Transmission Protection Instrument (TPI) is a tool in the ECB’s toolbox that we hope we will never have to use.

According to the Kyiv Independent: The EU passed the 13th round of sanctions against Russia, targeting 106 individuals and 88 legal entities.

Dutch Central Bank: Loss of 3.5 billion euros in 2023, reserves sufficient to absorb future losses.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: Inflation, including "hard core" data, will be significantly higher than 2% in the coming months.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Nagel: The period of rapid decline in inflation is over and there may be some setbacks in the future.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: The price outlook is still unclear.