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Tuapse Regional Administration, Russia: Ukrainian drone strikes damaged infrastructure and gas pipelines in the Black Sea port of Tuapse.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 9.20 points, or 0.11%, on Wednesday, December 31, to 8726.3 points.

U.S. State Department: U.S. Secretary of State Rubio had a phone call with the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of the United Arab Emirates to discuss the situation in Yemen.

A U.S. appeals court has allowed the Trump administration to enforce a law stripping Planned Parenthood of Medicaid funding in 22 states.

Federal Reserve meeting minutes: A few participants believed that the December interest rate cut was unreasonable.

Fed meeting minutes: Policymakers emphasized that it must be clearly communicated that the purpose of Treasury bond purchases is only to ensure stable interest rates and has nothing to do with monetary policy.

Fed meeting minutes: Most participants pointed out that shifting to a more neutral policy stance would help prevent a possible deterioration in the job market.

Fed meeting minutes: Participants believed that reserve balances had fallen to adequate levels and believed it was appropriate to begin reserve management through purchases of U.S. Treasury securities.

Fed meeting minutes: Several participants noted the risk that high inflation could become entrenched and suggested further interest rate cuts could be mistaken for a lack of commitment by the Fed to its 2% inflation target.

Fed meeting minutes: Participants believed reserve balances had fallen to adequate levels.

Fed meeting minutes: Some participants said it would be appropriate to keep interest rates steady "for some time" after cutting interest rates in December.

Fed staff forecast economic growth prospects slightly higher than expected at the October meeting.

Fed meeting minutes: Some participants who supported a rate cut said the decision was delicately weighed and that they could have supported keeping rates unchanged.

The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $12.605 billion from 10 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Relevant decrees show that India imposes a safeguard tariff of 11%-12% on non-alloy and alloy steel flat-rolled products, which will be valid until April 20, 2028.

The total number of natural gas rigs drilled in the United States in the week ending January 2 was 125, compared with the previous value of 127.

The total number of oil rigs drilled in the United States in the week to January 2 was 412, compared with the previous value of 409.

The total number of rigs drilled in the United States for the week ending January 2 was 546, compared with the previous value of 545.

The total number of U.S. oil rigs drilled for the week to January 2 will be released in ten minutes.

Between 16:00 and 20:00 Moscow time, Russian air defense forces shot down 109 Ukrainian drones.