HSBC Holdings: Will repurchase up to US$3 billion in shares from November 1, 2023 to February 16, 2024.

Tesla (TSLA.O) expanded its intraday gains and is now up more than 1%.

Hamas spokesman: Some foreign hostages will be released in the next few days.

The Fed has accepted a total of $1.138 trillion from 100 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

U.S. and Burundi oil prices both fell by US$0.6 in the short term, now trading at US$81.11/barrel and US$85.26/barrel respectively.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: Core inflation remains high and volatile.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: There are many upside risks to inflation.

Turkish President Erdogan: Türkiye will reduce inflation to single digits

ECB Vice President Guindos: The ECB expects inflation to continue to slow in the coming months.

European Central Bank Vice President Guindos: The potential deceleration of inflation is an important factor.

ECB Vice President Guindos: Today’s inflation data is “good news”.

United Nations Secretary-General Guterres: Deeply concerned about the escalation of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, our aid supplies to Gaza are "completely inadequate."

The euro against the U.S. dollar EUR/USD fell 0.50% on the day and is now at 1.0562.

USD/CHF hit 0.91, up 0.90% on the day.

Market News: Norwegian Cruise Line revise 2024 itinerary to skip Israel.

ECB Governing Council member Nagel: Interest rates will need to remain high for quite some time.

ECB Governing Council Member Nagel: It is still unclear whether interest rates have reached their peak level, and inflation is stubborn and has not yet been defeated.