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Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 138.00 points, or 1.52%, on Wednesday, March 4, to 8939.30 points.

The UK Maritime Trade Operations Office: has received a report of an incident that occurred 137 nautical miles east of Muscat, Oman.

The first vote in the U.S. Senate on the Iran "War Powers Resolution" is scheduled to be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday.

Australian and Canadian superannuation funds will work together to unlock greater superannuation capital investment potential in both countries.

According to Omdia, a third-party market research organization, U.S. light vehicle sales in February were 1.2 million units, with annualized sales of 15.75 million units.

NASA has added a new demonstration mission in low-Earth orbit in mid-2027 to the Artemis 3 mission to test one or two commercial landers from SpaceX or Blue Origin.

According to CNN: Sources say the CIA is trying to provide weapons to Kurdish forces to help them seize power in Iran.

US President Trump: The Genius Act is being threatened and undermined by banks, which is unacceptable.

Australia's AIG/PWC manufacturing performance index in February was -15.6, the previous value was revised to -19 from -19.4.

Australia's AIG Construction Industry Performance Index in February was -8.2, the previous value revised from 5.2 to 4.6.

Australia's February S&P Global Composite PMI final value was 52.4, compared with the previous value of 52.

Australia's February S&P Global Services PMI final value was 52.8, compared with the previous value of 52.2.

US Secretary of State Rubio: Actions in Iran have "clear goals" and will not continue endlessly.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney: Canada calls for a cessation of hostilities and is ready to help achieve this goal.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney: The situation in Iran reflects the failure of the international system.

In the week to February 27, API crude oil production in the United States was 226,000 barrels per day, compared with the previous value of -438,000 barrels per day.

U.S. API refined oil imports in the week to February 27 were -173,000 barrels/day, compared with the previous value of 84,000 barrels/day.

API heating oil inventories in the United States for the week to February 27 were 5,000 barrels, compared with the previous value of -71,000 barrels.

U.S. API refined oil inventories for the week to February 27 were 516,000 barrels, expected to be -2.607 million barrels, and the previous value was -2.771 million barrels.

U.S. API gasoline inventories for the week to February 27 were -3.286 million barrels, compared with expectations of -1 million barrels and the previous value of -1.535 million barrels.