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Market News: Lebanon and Israel agreed to hold their first meeting at the U.S. State Department on Tuesday to discuss announcing a ceasefire and setting a date for the start of negotiations.

S&P: The stable outlook reflects market expectations that the British economy will be able to withstand the impact of rising oil, gas and other input prices related to conflicts in the Middle East.

Lebanese Presidential Palace: The United States will mediate the dispute between Lebanon and Israel.

Standard & Poor's: Confirmed the UK's "AA+/A-1+" rating; outlook stable.

The Dow Jones Index closed down 269.23 points, or 0.56%, at 47916.57 points on April 10 (Friday);The S&P 500 Index closed down 7.7 points on April 10 (Friday) 7 points, a decrease of 0.11%, to 6816.89 points;The Nasdaq Composite Index closed up 80.48 points, or 0.35%, to 22902.89 points on April 10 (Friday).

According to Iranian state media reports, an Iranian delegation led by Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf has arrived in Islamabad on the eve of peace talks with the United States.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended April 7, speculators increased their net short positions in CBOT U.S. 2-year Treasury futures futures by 74,691 lots to 1,712,015 lots, and net short positions in U.S. 5-year Treasury futures The number of contracts decreased by 33,911 to 1,552,929. The net short position of U.S. 10-year Treasury futures increased by 39,561 to 823,624, and the net short position of ultra-long-term Treasury futures decreased by 7,746 to 260,383.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): As of the week of April 7, the net long position of natural gas futures in the NYMEX and ICE markets decreased by 30,476 lots to 52,396 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended April 7, speculative net long positions in COMEX copper futures decreased by 489 lots to 38,804 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended April 7, speculative net long positions in COMEX silver futures decreased by 777 lots to 10,039 lots.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC): In the week ended April 7, speculative net long positions in COMEX gold futures decreased by 1,760 lots to 92,113 lots.

Market News: The Bank of Canada, the country’s major banks and financial institutions held a meeting on Friday to discuss the cybersecurity risks posed by Anthropic’s latest artificial intelligence model.

According to Politico: Next week, the UK will host a meeting on reopening the Strait of Hormuz, and the talks will be at a lower level than the first round of talks on April 2.

Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council: The impact of this incident on GDP is limited.

Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council: Gasoline prices are currently very high.

Hassett, director of the White House National Economic Council: We are starting to see more and more ships passing through the strait.

According to the Wall Street Journal: U.S. President Trump has promised to issue mass pardons to his staff before leaving office.

Market news: Britain will hold more talks on reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A.N, BRK.B.N) submitted documents to issue six tranches of bonds totaling up to 272.3 billion yen.

U.S. Department of Energy: Companies borrowing crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve include Macquarie and Phillips 66.