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According to Japan Jiji News Agency: Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki said that he has discussed with Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae how to negotiate tax credits for fringe benefits and food sales tax reductions.

According to Japan Jiji News Agency: Japan requires the Federal Reserve to conduct an exchange rate inquiry in January.

According to Japan Jiji News Agency: Japan previously requested a Federal Reserve interest rate review in January.

Mercedes-Benz's fiscal year revenue was 132.2 billion euros, compared with market estimates of 133.47 billion euros.

Fitch Ratings: Japan's large financial groups are better able to withstand interest rate shocks than their peers.

The trend of Hong Kong artificial intelligence stocks continued to diverge in the afternoon. Zhipu (02513.HK) rose by more than 37%, MINIMAX-WP (00100.HK) rose by more than 17%, Fubo Group (03738.HK) rose by more than 11%, Kingsoft Cloud (03896.HK), SenseTime (0002) 0.HK) both rose by more than 6%; Cloud Music (09899.HK) fell by more than 10.5%, Lenovo Group (00992.HK) fell by more than 5%, Kingdee International (00268.HK) and Meituan (03690.HK) fell by more than 4.5%, and Meitu (01357.HK) fell by nearly 4%.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index closed up 28.70 points, or 0.32%, on Thursday, February 12, at 9043.50 points.

Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs: President Prabowo will attend the Peace Commission meeting in the United States on February 19.

According to the British "Financial Times": Türkiye's foreign minister said that expanding US-Iran talks to include ballistic missiles will only bring "another war."

Hunter, Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia: Will closely assess the capacity pressure situation in the economy and labor market.

RBA Assistant Governor Hunter: It is necessary to assess the extent to which the recent rise in inflation is temporary.

RBA Assistant Governor Hunter: Inflation will remain above target for some time.

Hunter, Assistant Governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia: The labor market has stabilized recently, but is still slightly nervous.

India's NIFTY IT index fell 4%.

AeroVironment's Locust laser anti-drone weapon was deployed by the U.S. Army on Wednesday near the El Paso Airport in Texas, sources said.

Traders said the Reserve Bank of India likely sold dollars before the local spot market opened.

The Hang Seng Index of Hong Kong stocks fell by more than 1%, the Hang Seng Technology Index fell by 1.85%, Kingdee International (00268.HK) fell by more than 5%, and Budweiser Asia Pacific (01876.HK), NetEase (09999.HK), Meituan (03690.HK), and Ctrip Group (09961.HK) all fell by more than 4%.

The trend of Hong Kong AI application stocks is divided. Zhipu (02513.HK) rose by more than 26%, MINIMAX-WP (00100.HK) rose by more than 13%, Kingsoft Cloud (03896.HK) and SenseTime (00020.HK) both rose by more than 5%, Cloud Music (09899.HK) fell by more than 12%, WeRidezhi Bank-W (00800.HK), Bilibili (09626.HK), and Meitu (01357.HK) fell more than 4%, while Kingdee International (00268.HK), Pony.ai-W (02026.HK), NetEase (09999.HK), and Meituan (03690.HK) all fell more than 3.5%.

Hong Kong film and television entertainment stocks continued to correct, with Cloud Music (09899.HK) falling by more than 12%, China Star Group (00326.HK) falling by nearly 5%, Maoyan Entertainment (01896.HK) and Damai Entertainment (01060.HK) both falling by more than 3%, and Tencent Music (01698.HK) falling by 2.6%.

Market news: Japan will test the network to balance the power needs of data centers in various regions.