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Market news: US Defense Secretary Hegseth called NATO a "paper tiger" this morning.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: Russia will carry out large-scale strikes against targets of the Ukrainian armed forces; the tasks assigned by Putin are being implemented. Words alone are not enough to respond to Kyiv's actions.

Cognizant shares fell 7.3%; IBM (IBM.N) shares fell 5.5%.

Cognizant fell 7.3% and IBM (IBM.N) fell 5.5%.

The Dow Jones Index opened up 441.42 points, or 0.86%, to 51933.97 points on June 18 (Thursday);The S&P 500 Index opened up 86.1 points on June 18 (Thursday) 0 points, an increase of 1.16%, to 7506.20 points;The Nasdaq Composite Index opened up 374.31 points, or 1.44%, to 26395.96 points on June 18 (Thursday).

The Federal Reserve, the U.S. Treasury Department, and other agencies have proposed rules to implement the Genius Act’s customer identification program requirements.

Russian Foreign Minister: Russia will regularly strike targets that affect the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

Britain lifts travel warning for its citizens to most Gulf countries.

The EU is expected to announce preliminary findings as early as next week, saying AWS and Azure appear to comply with the requirements of the Digital Markets Act.

India's diesel exports in May fell 36.8% year-on-year to 1.5 million tons.

India's gasoline exports in May fell 37.4% year-on-year to 900,000 tons.

India’s crude oil imports in May increased by 1.1% year-on-year to 21.6 million tons.

U.S. battery company QuantumScape: reached a cooperation agreement with Honda on solid-state battery technology.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf: I know how to make Americans understand. That is based on the logic of strength that Iran is showing now. We will charge fees to ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz after the 60-day "toll-free" period stipulated in the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States.

Spanish oil company Repsol: The agreement reached with Venezuela includes the development of the new Horcon oil field.

Amazon: For customers who are not already Prime members, the Alexa+ Brazil service costs R$99.90 per month and includes 2TB of Amazon Photos storage.

Amazon: Alexa+ will be free during Brazil Early Access program.

Amazon: Will expand Alexa+ to more than a dozen additional countries in 2027.

Lane, chief economist of the European Central Bank: It is feasible for the European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve to adopt divergent interest rate paths.

Boeing: Q4S quantum satellite demonstrates high-fidelity entanglement exchange in ground test.