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European Central Bank Governing Council member Panetta: Changes in global investor risk appetite may quickly put pressure on government bonds in highly indebted countries.

U.S. airline stocks weakened before the market opened, with American Airlines falling 3.1%, Southwest Airlines falling 2.2%, United Airlines falling 4.3%, and Delta Air Lines falling 3.1%.

HSI closed down 177.5 points, or 0.7%, at 25116.53 points on April 2 (Thursday);Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index closed down 77.35 points, or 1.63%, at 4679.1 points on April 2 (Thursday); The state-owned enterprise index closed down 47.89 points, or 0.56%, to 8456.92 points on April 2 (Thursday);The red chip index closed down 5.78 points, or 0.14%, to 4170.61 points on April 2 (Thursday).

U.S. shares of telecommunications service provider Globalstar rose 12% before the market opened after the Financial Times reported that Amazon was in talks to acquire the company.

Futures on the three major U.S. stock indexes maintained their decline, with S&P 500 futures down 1%, Nasdaq 100 futures down 1.3%, and Dow Jones futures down 0.9%.

Russian Ministry of Defense: Strategic Missile Forces held exercises in Siberia.

French Finance Minister: I just came back from Japan, where investors are looking to Europe for data center investment opportunities.

French Finance Minister: We are expected to announce a series of policy measures in the next few weeks that will facilitate the establishment of data centers in France.

Market news: The EU reiterated that digital legislation is "non-negotiable".

Market news: The EU is discussing establishing a digital technology dialogue with the United States.

ECB Governing Council member Simkus: It’s too early to say what we need to do in April.

ECB Governing Council member Simkus: Due to the changing situation, he called for caution on interest rates.

Indian government sources: India’s indirect tax revenue collection in fiscal year 2026 reached 101% of the revised budget target.

Ukrainian oil and gas company Naftogaz said Russia attacked company facilities in the Sumy region on Wednesday, causing a fire.

Indian government sources: India will reduce tax revenue by 18 billion rupees due to the three-month tariff reduction on plastics and petrochemical raw materials.

The European Stoxx 600 index's mining sector opened down 1.4%, the real estate sector fell 1.5%, and the financial sector opened down 1.4%.

Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: It has not been confirmed that any US delegation has arrived for talks (on Iran).

UK government bond yields of various maturities generally rose by 5 to 9 basis points in early trading.

Pakistan Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: It has been actively communicating with US leaders to find a solution to the Iran issue.

The German DAX30 index opened down 364.17 points, or 1.56%, at 22911.00 points on April 2 (Thursday);The British FTSE 100 index opened down 79 points on April 2 (Thursday). 61 points, a decrease of 0.77%, to 10285.18 points;The FCHI index opened on April 2 (Thursday), a decrease of 102.19 points, a decrease of 1.28%, to 7879.08 points;Europe The Stoxx 50 Index opened on April 2 (Thursday), down 108.46 points, or 1.89%, to 5624.25 points;The Spanish IBEX35 Index opened on April 2 (Thursday), down 285 points .00 points, a decrease of 1.62%, to 17295.40 points;Italy’s FTSE MIB index opened down 683.45 points, or 1.50%, to 45031.50 points on April 2 (Thursday).