Finnish Government: The defense cooperation agreement with the United States will be signed next Monday, December 18.

Finnish government: Will sign a defense cooperation agreement with the United States.

Turkish stocks extended gains, with the benchmark index up nearly 2%.

The U.S. dollar index DXY fell more than 0.50% on the day and is currently at 102.36.

EUR/USD rose by 0.50% during the day and is now at 1.0930.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: Russia plans to produce more than 1,000 passenger aircraft by 2030.

Polish EU Affairs Minister Slapka: We sent a very clear signal to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban on the Ukraine issue.

CEO of Ukrainian network operator Kyivstar: We hope to restore basic services by the end of the week, it may take several weeks to restore all other services.

Market News: In recent months, the U.S. Comptroller’s Office of the Currency has conducted its first assessment of climate change-related risks at a number of banks.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: The situation in the Russian financial market is stable.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: The idea that Argentina’s president-elect will switch to the U.S. dollar is fraught with the risk of losing sovereignty.

Bank of America: It expects the crack spread of low-sulfur diesel to Brent crude oil to average $26 per barrel in 2024 and $36 per barrel this year.

Spokesperson for the Iraqi Prime Minister: Iraqi security forces have arrested some people involved in the attack and are hunting others.

Spokesperson of the Iraqi Prime Minister: Some of the culprits behind the attack on the US Embassy in Baghdad on December 7 were related to the Iraqi security services.

Swiss National Bank President Jordan: The actual appreciation of the Swiss franc is not large.

Swiss National Bank President Jordan: We will carefully study the March inflation forecast.

Russian President Vladimir Putin: There are 617,000 soldiers in the Ukrainian war zone.

Deputy Governor of the Czech Central Bank: As inflationary pressures decline, it may even be advisable to start easing policy.

German Chancellor Scholz: (Commenting on Hungarian Prime Minister Orban’s boycott of Ukraine’s EU accession negotiations) It is important that everyone communicates with each other and the goal is to reach an agreement.