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Hong Kong banking stocks fluctuated and rose. Huishang Bank (03698.HK) rose nearly 4%, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (01398.HK), HSBC Holdings (00005.HK), and Bank of China (03988.HK) rose more than 2%. Bank of China Hong Kong (02388.HK) and China Construction Bank (00939.HK) rose nearly 2%.

Hong Kong oil and gas stocks continued to rise. United Energy Group (00632.HK) rose by more than 9%, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (00883.HK) rose by more than 4%, PetroChina (00857.HK) rose by 3.86%, and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (00386.HK) rose by 3.43%.

Market news: Mexico asks banks to support infrastructure plans next week.

Japan's 40-year government bond yield rose 2.0 basis points to 3.955%.

The market capitalization of South Korea's stock market reached US$3.25 trillion, surpassing that of Germany.

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening up 0.73% and the Hang Seng Technology Index opening up 0.56%; Mingming Busy (02202.HK) opened 88.08% higher on the first day of trading, and Vanke Enterprise (02202.HK) received a loan of no more than 2.36 billion yuan from Shenzhen Railway Group and opened up 2.49% today.

ECB Executive Member Cipollone: ​​But if geopolitical uncertainty persists, this may affect inflation and growth.

ECB Executive Member Cipollone: ​​The European economy has proven to be resilient and we expect the data may exceed our forecasts.

ECB Executive Member Cipollone: ​​Geopolitical tensions strengthen the case for establishing a European payments system.

Japan's Defense Ministry said the defense ministers of Japan and South Korea will meet in Yokosuka, Japan, on Friday.

Japan's 30-year government bond yield rose 2.0 basis points to 3.680%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted monthly CPI rate in December was 0.2%, compared with the previous value of 0.2%.

Australia's seasonally adjusted annual CPI rate in December was 3.7%, compared with the previous value of 3.5%.

Australia's fourth quarter CPI annual rate was 3.6%, expected 3.6%, and the previous value was 3.2%.

Australia's fourth quarter CPI quarterly rate was 0.6%, expected to be 0.6%, and the previous value was 1.30%.

Australia’s unseasonally adjusted CPI annual rate in December was 3.8%, expected to be 3.55%, and the previous value was 3.40%.

Australia's unseasonally adjusted monthly CPI rate in December was 1%, expected to be 0.7%, and the previous value was 0%.

Australia's unseasonally adjusted CPI annual rate for December will be announced in ten minutes.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member said underlying inflation is likely to gradually accelerate as wage growth momentum is expected to be maintained.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: A member said recent food price increases were driven not only by one-time supply factors but also by rising labor and distribution costs.