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India's NIFTY50 index closed up 0.70% at 26,328.55 points, setting a new closing high in 15 months.

India's NIFTY50 index hit a new all-time high of 26,331.40 points, up 0.71% on the day.

An announcement from the Hong Kong Stock Exchange showed that Standard Chartered Bank repurchased a total of 294,230 shares on other exchanges on December 31 for a total amount of 5.4 million pounds.

The head of the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency: According to the latest information, Russian airlines are expected to transport a total of 108.5 million passengers in 2025, a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%.

The final value of the UK manufacturing PMI in December was 50.6, expected to be 51.2, and the previous value was 51.2.

Russian Defense Ministry: A total of 1,600 Ukrainian drones were shot down in the past week.

Popular Chinese concept stocks on U.S. stocks generally rose before the market opened. NetEase (NTES.O) rose 6.1%, NIO (NIO.N) rose 5.5%, Alibaba (BABA.N) rose 4.13%, Li Auto (LI.O) rose nearly 3%, JD.com (JD.O), TSMC (TSM.N), and Pinduoduo (PDD.O) rose more than 2%.

The final UK Manufacturing PMI for December will be released in ten minutes.

Larijani, adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader: U.S. President Trump should understand that U.S. interference in Iran’s protests is tantamount to causing chaos in the entire region.

Russian Defense Ministry: Over the past week, Russian troops "liberated" nine residential areas within the Special Military Operations (SMO) Zone.

Market news: In response to Ukraine's attacks on civilian targets in Russia, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that the Russian military has used high-precision weapons including "Dagger" hypersonic missiles to carry out large-scale and six groups of strikes.

The euro zone's three-month money supply M3 annual rate was 2.9% in November, compared with the previous value of 2.9%.

The annual rate of money supply M3 in the Eurozone in November was 3%, expected to be 2.70%, and the previous value was 2.80%.

The final value of the German manufacturing PMI in December was 47, which was expected to be 47.7 and the previous value was 47.7.

Futures on the three major U.S. stock indexes rose, with Nasdaq futures up more than 1%, S&P 500 futures up 0.55%, and Dow futures up 0.23%.

Portuguese Automobile Association (ACAP): Tesla (TSLA.O) new car registrations in Portugal fell by 12.7% year-on-year in December, and the cumulative decline in 2025 is 22.3%.

Britain's blue-chip stock index FTSE 100 broke through the 10,000-point mark for the first time.

Spain's manufacturing PMI in December was 49.6, 51 expected, and the previous value 51.5.

The UK's FTSE 100 index opened down 1.78 points, or 0.02%, at 9929.60 points on January 2 (Friday);The FCHI index opened down 36.16 points on January 2 (Friday). It fell 0.44% to 8113.34 points;The European Stoxx 50 Index opened down 8.71 points, or 0.15%, to 5782.70 points on January 2 (Friday);Spain The Italian IBEX35 index opened down 23.30 points, or 0.13%, to 17284.50 points on January 2 (Friday);The Italian FTSE MIB index opened up 3 on January 2 (Friday) 8.96 points, an increase of 0.09%, to 44983.50 points;The German DAX30 index opened down 13.91 points, or 0.06%, to 24476.5 points on January 2 (Friday).

UK 10-year and 30-year government bond yields opened around 4-5 basis points higher.