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France's preliminary Q4 GDP annual rate is due in ten minutes.

Russian Ministry of Defense: 18 drones were shot down in various regions of Russia last night.

Market news: Hitachi plans to find a buyer for its data storage business. Hitachi’s data storage equipment is valued at between 150 billion and 200 billion yen.

According to the Financial Times: British ministers say Labour’s house-building plan will drive down house prices.

According to the Financial Times: As the job market cools, large U.S. companies plan to lay off at least 52,000 people.

Nippon Electric Power will hold a briefing on the change of president at 5 p.m. JST.

Japan's construction orders in December were at an annual rate of 20.2%, compared with the previous value of 9.5%.

Japan's annual rate of new housing starts in December was -1.33%, expected -4.1%, and the previous value -8.50%.

White House official: President Trump has not hinted that the United States will cancel certification of Canadian-made aircraft in service.

WHO: No need to impose travel and trade restrictions after India reports two cases of Nipah virus.

WHO: Risk of Nipah virus spreading from India is low.

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry: Japan's crude oil imports in December increased by 17.7% year-on-year, gasoline sales increased by 2.4% year-on-year, and refined oil sales increased by 2.3% year-on-year.

White House: President Trump will sign an executive order at 11 a.m. ET on Friday.

White House: U.S. President Trump will attend a policy meeting at 2 p.m. ET on Friday.

Traders said the Reserve Bank of India may sell dollars to prevent the rupee from falling below the 92 mark against the dollar.

India's NIFTY information technology index fell 1.5%.

The decline in India's NIFTY metal index expanded to 4%.

The bid-to-bid ratio at Japan's 2-year government bond auction was 3.88, up from 3.26 during the last issuance in December.

U.S. Republican Senator Graham: The Senate (local time) will not vote on the spending agreement tonight.

US Geological Survey: A magnitude 5.0 earthquake occurred east of the South Pacific Ridge.