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Ryanair CEO: Musk is welcome to invest in Ryanair, but non-Europeans are not allowed to hold majority stakes in EU airlines.

Kremlin: (Regarding Trump’s remarks about a “secret weapon unknown to the rest of the world”) We have not yet received an explanation from the United States on what the President of the United States was referring to.

Kremlin: We expect to receive information about our talks with Europe and Ukraine.

Turkish President Erdogan: Had a productive phone call with US President Trump on Syria, including consultations on the fight against the "Islamic State".

The new Hong Kong stock Longcheer Technology (09611.HK) rose more than 19% in the dark market, with an issue price of HK$31 and will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on January 22.

Schlegel, Deputy President of the Swiss National Bank: The threshold for moving to negative interest rates is high, but it can still be turned into negative interest rates if necessary.

ECB Governing Council Member Panetta: The monetary system will be based on fully tokenized central bank and commercial bank currencies.

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic: The EU advocates mutually respectful dialogue and solutions. It is in the common interest to avoid a downward spiral in trade.

EU Trade Commissioner Maros Sefcovic: has met with U.S. Trade Representative Greer in Davos.

ECB Governing Council Member Panetta: Although we don’t know how long it will take, commercial bank currencies will also be tokenized.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Panetta: The central bank’s currency must be digital.

SNB President: Inflation may turn negative again in 2026.

Office for National Statistics: Average house prices in the UK rose by 2.5% in the year to November 2025.

Southbound funds made a substantial net purchase of 13.93 billion yuan today. In terms of Southbound Connect (Shanghai), Tracker Fund and Hang Seng China Enterprises received net purchases of HK$2.699 billion and HK$1.189 billion respectively; China Mobile ranked first in net sales, with an amount of HK$921 million; in terms of Southbound Connect (Shenzhen), Tracker Fund and Hang Seng China Enterprises received net purchases of HK$1.454 billion and HK$628 million respectively; Tencent Holdings ranked first in net sales, with an amount of HK$301 million.

The annual rate of the UK DCLG house price index in November was 2.5%, compared with the previous value of 1.70%.

Market news: US President Trump arrives in Davos.

European Central Bank Governing Council member Panetta: The United States’ initiatives to promote digital finance reflect its efforts to support demand for the U.S. dollar.

The storage sector of U.S. stocks generally rose before the opening, with SanDisk (SNDK.O) rising more than 3%, Western Digital (WDC.O) and Micron Technology (MU.O) rising more than 2%.

Pinduoduo (PDD.O) U.S. stocks rose more than 7% before the market opened. On the news, the tax department punished Pinduoduo.

Hong Kong Stock Exchange documents show: Standard Chartered Bank repurchased a total of 526,920 shares on other exchanges on January 20 at a cost of 9.7 million pounds.