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Fitch affirmed Spain's rating as "A" with a stable outlook; Italy's rating as "BBB+" with a stable outlook; and Qatar's rating as "AA" with a stable outlook.

Canadian Energy Minister: Canada will contribute 23.6 million barrels of Canadian crude oil to the International Energy Agency (IEA) to release reserves.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Russia has proposed Switzerland and Türkiye as alternative locations.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: The United States hopes to hold talks in the United States because under the current circumstances, American negotiators cannot leave the country.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: The United States has requested that the next round of trilateral peace talks scheduled for next week be postponed.

The U.S. dollar index closed at a new high for the year.

U.S. stocks opened higher and closed lower, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average initially closing down 0.25%, the S&P 500 Index down 0.6%, and the Nasdaq Composite Index down 0.93%. Some star technology stocks weakened, with Adobe (ADBE.O) falling 7.5%, Meta Platforms (META.O) falling 3.8%, and Broadcom (AVGO.O) falling 4.1%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index closed up 0.75%.

Video shows a U.S.-made launcher firing missiles at Iran from Bahrain.

U.S. President Donald Trump has eased sanctions on Venezuelan oil and fertilizers to reduce the costs of the war with Iran.

Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Pulte: Trump is freeing up community banks to provide mortgage loans.

U.S. Department of Justice: Adobe (ADBE.O) agreed to pay $150 million to settle and accept an injunction to resolve allegations that it violated the Restoring Online Shopper Confidence Act.

U.S. Attorney Pirro: (on the Department of Justice’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chairman Powell) This is in the public interest.

U.S. Attorney Pirro: Not only are we appealing, we are also filing a motion for reconsideration.

U.S. Department of the Treasury: The United States issues general licenses authorizing specific activities involving petroleum or petrochemical products produced in Venezuela.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of March 10, net long positions in natural gas in the NYMEX and ICE markets increased by 16,364 lots to 92,774 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): CBOT soybean speculators increased their net long positions by 12,186 lots to 135,650 lots in the week ended March 10.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): Equity fund speculators reduced their net short position in the S&P 500 CME Group by 57,269 contracts to 341,911 contracts in the week ended March 10. Equity fund managers reduced their net long position in the S&P 500 CME Group by 102,773 contracts to 894,003 contracts.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): COMEX copper futures speculators reduced their net long positions by 723 lots to 47,732 lots in the week ended March 10.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): COMEX silver speculators increased their net long positions by 2,407 lots to 9,721 lots in the week ended March 10.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ending March 10, crude oil speculators’ net long positions increased by 17,596 lots to 115,448 lots.