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Bank of Korea Governor nominee Shin Hyun-song: Foreign exchange fluctuations are driven more by the difference in interest rates from the United States rather than liquidity factors.

Hong Kong stock SIG New Energy (06656.HK) once surged over 97% in black market trading today, with its latest market value exceeding HK$150 billion. It will officially be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on April 16.

Data released by the Japan Petroleum Association on Wednesday showed that in the week ended April 11, refinery operating rates were 67.8% of designed capacity, basically the same as the 67.7% of the previous week, and well below the level of more than 80% before the war broke out at the end of February.

Prime Minister of Norway: There is no doubt that the central bank is independent and we do not give instructions on the bank's interest rate setting.

HSI closed up 75.0 points, or 0.29%, on April 15 (Wednesday), at 25947.32 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed up 59.83 points, or 1.23%, at 4911.79 points on April 15 (Wednesday); The state-owned enterprise index closed up 46.65 points, or 0.54%, at 8718.26 points on April 15 (Wednesday);The red chip index closed down 10.66 points, or 0.25%, at 4321.56 points on April 15 (Wednesday).

The chief executive of the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan said that several drones were shot down over the industrial zone of Sterlitamak.

At the close of Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index closed up 0.29%, the Science and Technology Index closed up 1.23%, innovative drugs rose, and technology and Internet stocks recovered. Xuanzhu Bio-B (02575.HK) rose 10.5%, JD.com (09618.HK) rose 4.6%, and Alibaba (09988.HK) and Baidu (09888.HK) rose more than 3%.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: The Strait of Hormuz is blocked and we hope it will be lifted. We already have Black Sea experience. The United States has not asked us yet.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent is arranging a visit to Japan in mid-May.

Ukraine's foreign minister spoke by phone with his Israeli counterpart to discuss a Russian ship carrying grain being allowed to dock at an Israeli port. Ukraine claims that Russia "stole" Ukrainian food.

According to Reuters: Sources said Japan will release 36 million barrels of oil reserves, and specific details will be determined by the end of April.

Market news: As the situation in Iran affects market sentiment, India has taken measures to enable companies to reduce the size of initial public offerings (IPOs) by up to 50%.

Hungary's incoming Prime Minister Maudjour said he expects outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban to lift his veto on a 90 billion euro (approximately $106 billion) EU loan to Ukraine if oil operations on key oil pipelines can resume.

Iran will use ports other than those in the south to bypass the U.S. blockade.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae: Helping Asian countries will not use Japan’s reserves.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae: He will "help Asia purchase oil" through financial means and plans to provide US$10 billion in aid.

German Geoscience Research Center: A 5.93-magnitude earthquake occurred off the coast of Costa Rica.

The German DAX30 index opened up 19.96 points, or 0.08%, at 24054.25 points on April 15 (Wednesday);The British FTSE 100 index opened up 15 points on April 15 (Wednesday). .48 points, an increase of 0.15%, to 10624.54 points;The FCHI index opened on April 15 (Wednesday), down 18.47 points, or 0.22%, to 8309.39 points; The European Stoxx 50 Index opened down 8.76 points, or 0.15%, at 5975.75 points on April 15 (Wednesday);The Spanish IBEX35 Index opened up 17 points on April 15 (Wednesday). .38 points, an increase of 0.10%, to 18303.48 points;Italy’s FTSE MIB index opened up 48.85 points, or 0.10%, to 48224.50 points at the opening on April 15 (Wednesday).

France's March CPI annual rate final value was 1.7%, expected to be 1.7%, and the previous value was 1.70%.

The final monthly CPI rate in France in March was 1%, expected to be 0.9%, and the previous value was 0.90%.