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Iranian Parliament Speaker Qalibaf: Iran is engaging with the United States in a "strong" manner.

HSI opened on June 18 (Thursday), down 166.97 points, or 0.69%, to 24145.19 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on June 18 (Thursday), down 41.0 points, or 0.88%, to 4628.07 points; The state-owned enterprise index opened down 71.31 points, or 0.88%, to 8,072.72 points on June 18 (Thursday); The red chip index opened down 22.5 points, or 0.54%, to 4,149.33 points on June 18 (Thursday).

Hong Kong stocks opened, with the Hang Seng Index opening down 0.69% and the KCI down 0.88%; MINIMAX-W (00100.HK) rose by more than 3.8%, Bubble Mart (09992.HK) fell by more than 3.3%, and NetEase (09999.HK) fell by more than 2.8%.

Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater Associates: The monetary situation is becoming increasingly severe. The U.S. government currently spends US$7 trillion, while its revenue is only about US$5 trillion, an overspending rate of 40%.

NI225 broke through 71,000 points for the first time, setting a new high.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 8.70 points, or 0.10%, on Thursday, June 18, to 8957.60 points.

The stock prices of NI225, Topix Index and South Korea's SK Hynix all hit record highs.

NI225 opened up 472.99 points on June 18 (Thursday), or 0.68%, to 70375.24 points.

Japan bought -418.3 billion yen in foreign stocks in the week to June 12, and the previous value was revised from -943.6 billion yen to -953.2 billion yen.

In Japan, foreign investors purchased Japanese bonds of -531 billion yen in the week to June 12, and the previous value was revised from -1,038.5 billion yen to -1,038.6 billion yen.

In Japan, foreign investors bought -785.1 billion yen of Japanese stocks in the week to June 12, and the previous value was revised from -701 billion yen to -700.6 billion yen.

Japan purchased 382.6 billion yen of foreign bonds in the week to June 12, and the previous value was revised from 197.5 billion yen to 212.1 billion yen.

Nasdaq futures expanded to 1% in early trading, while S&P 500 futures rose 0.6%.

US President Trump: Signed a memorandum of understanding on Iran.

Reuters survey: 30% of Japanese companies regard the misuse of advanced artificial intelligence models as a primary problem.

Reuters survey: Despite assurances from the Japanese government that supplies are sufficient, almost all Japanese companies have expressed concerns about the purchase of oil and petroleum products.

Reuters survey: Almost half of Japanese companies expect it will take more than six months to resume normal operations after the U.S.-Iran ceasefire.

New Zealand's first quarter GDP annual rate was 1.5%, expected to be 1.10%. The previous value was revised from 1.30% to 1.5%.

New Zealand's first-quarter GDP quarterly rate was 0.8%, which was expected to be 0.8%. The previous value was revised from 0.20% to 0.5%.

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson: It has not yet been confirmed that Iran and the United States will hold talks in Switzerland on Friday.