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Australian mining and exploration company PLS: Growing energy security concerns are creating new lithium demand categories.

Hong Kong artificial intelligence stocks adjusted, with Kingdee International (00268.HK) falling 5.39%, McFlyse (02556.HK) falling 3.92%, and GDS (09698.HK) falling 2.86%.

Japan's 40-year government bond yield rose 3.5 basis points to 3.860%.

HSI opened on April 24 (Friday), down 181.59 points, or 0.7%, to 25733.61 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on April 24 (Friday), down 38.9 points, or 0.8%, to 4826.62 points ;The state-owned enterprise index opened down 52.3 points, or 0.6%, to 8680.33 points on April 24 (Friday);The red chip index opened down 4.56 points, or 0.1%, to 4360.7 points on April 24 (Friday).

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening down 0.7% and the Hang Seng Technology Index opening down 0.8%.

U.S. State Department: U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the European Union Trade Commissioner will participate in the signing ceremony of the memorandum of understanding on the strategic partnership between the United States and the European Union in the critical minerals sector.

Malaysian Palm Oil Council: Crude palm oil prices may face a ceiling amid softening export demand amid inflation and weak economic growth in major importing countries.

Malaysian Palm Oil Council: Crude palm oil prices will be supported by stronger biodiesel economics, higher crude oil prices and the development of El Niño.

New Zealand Prime Minister: We will sign a free trade agreement with India next Monday.

Nasdaq futures rose 0.7%, boosted by Intel (INTC.O), which led chip stocks with a 20% gain after the bell.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: Global financial regulators are expected to maintain close coordination on multiple occasions.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: We will continue to coordinate closely with the United States.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: We will take decisive action against speculative activities based on the agreement reached with the United States.

Japanese Finance Minister Katayama Satsuki: We see an increase in speculation related to oil prices.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 24.60 points, or 0.28%, on Friday, April 24, to 8768.80 points.

NI225 opened up 329.14 points on April 24 (Friday), or 0.56%, to 59469.37 points.

Japan's business services price index in March was 1.2% monthly, compared with the previous value of 0.2%.

Japan's corporate services price index rose 3.1% year-on-year in March, below the expected 3.00% and the previous reading of 2.70%.

Japan's national non-seasonally adjusted monthly CPI rate in March was 0.4%, down from -0.6% in the previous month.

Japan's national CPI annual rate in March was 1.5%, expected to be 1.40%, and the previous value was 1.30%.