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Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: Forward-looking indicators of the labor market remain stable.

Hong Kong-listed AI stocks opened higher, with Youjia Innovation (02431.HK) rising over 6%, MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) rising nearly 4%, and Zhipu (02513.HK) rising over 3%.

Hong Kong stocks opened higher, with the Hang Seng Index up 0.49% and the Hang Seng Tech Index up 0.41%. Artificial intelligence, biomedicine, and precious metals sectors led the gains. MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) rose nearly 4%.

The Hang Seng China Enterprises Index (HSI) opened 119.56 points higher, or 0.49%, at 24,723.85 on Friday, September 18th; the Hang Seng Tech Index opened 17.67 points higher, or 0.41%, at 4,328.41 on Friday, September 18th; the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index opened 27.42 points higher, or 0.34%, at 8,202.78 on Friday, September 18th; and the Hang Seng Red Chip Index opened 11.41 points higher, or 0.28%, at 4,052.26 on Friday, September 18th.

The Saudi Embassy in the United States stated that the proposed F-35 arms sale demonstrates the strength and enduring stability of the Saudi-US strategic partnership.

Reserve Bank of Australia Deputy Governor Hauser: The Council is fully committed to achieving the inflation target.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: It is difficult to ignore the ongoing inflationary shock.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: Inflation risks are tilted to the upside.

The yield on Japan's 30-year government bonds fell 4.5 basis points to 4.03%.

The yield on Japan's 40-year government bonds fell 5 basis points to 4.065%.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: There is a general consensus that the neutral interest rate has risen.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: In the overall situation, the decline in house prices is not too significant.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: We are considering whether we have a sufficiently tight policy.

Japanese chip-related stocks rose, with SoftBank Group shares up 5% and Advantest shares up nearly 4%.

A spokesperson for the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that New Zealand has not discussed becoming a joint member state with the European Union.

NI225 rose by 1.00% within the day.

U.S. Postmaster General David Steiner said on Thursday that the agency has halted development of a controversial computer system that was central to Trump's measures to restrict mail-in voting, after the Supreme Court this week rejected Trump's executive order. He stated, "There's an injunction in place, so we didn't do anything."

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 index opened 33.30 points higher, or 0.38%, at 8765.7 on Friday, September 18.

The NI225 opened 394.85 points higher, or 0.62%, at 64,531.10 on Friday, September 18.

Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Bullock: Navigating an environment of persistently high oil prices.