The U.S. Department of Agriculture: maintains Argentina's corn production forecast for 2025/2026 at 53 million tons, market expectations are 53.63 million tons; Brazil's corn production forecast for 2025/2026 remains unchanged at 131 million tons, and market expectations are 132.46 million tons.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture: Maintained Argentina's soybean production forecast for 2025/2026 unchanged at 48.5 million tons, market expectations are 48.53 million tons; Brazil's soybean production forecast for 2025/2026 was raised to 178 million tons from the previous 175 million tons, and market expectations were 176.35 million tons.

Market news: Iran shipped missiles worth $2.7 billion to Russia.

The German DAX30 index closed up 168.97 points, or 0.67%, at 25426.64 points on January 12 (Monday);The British FTSE 100 index closed up 1 on January 12 (Monday) 3.71 points, an increase of 0.14%, to 10138.31 points;The FCHI index closed down 3.33 points, or 0.04%, to 8358.76 points on January 12 (Monday); The European Stoxx 50 Index closed up 19.18 points, or 0.32%, at 6016.65 points on January 12 (Monday);The Spanish IBEX35 Index closed up 1 on January 12 (Monday) 1.11 points, or 0.06%, to 17660.11 points;Italy’s FTSE MIB index closed up 0.24 points, or 0.00%, to 45719.50 points on January 12 (Monday).

Sources familiar with the matter: Russian drones struck two foreign-flagged ships near the Ukrainian port of Chernomorsk on Monday.

Cramer, a Republican member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee: Powell is not a criminal and the investigation into the Federal Reserve should be ended as soon as possible to "restore confidence in the Federal Reserve."