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European futures fell, with European Stoxx 50 futures and German DAX futures falling more than 1%.

U.S. Southern Command: Conducted a fatal strike on a vessel operated by a designated terrorist organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was sailing on known drug smuggling routes in the Caribbean and was involved in drug smuggling activities. During this operation, three male drug terrorists were killed. No U.S. military personnel were injured.

HSI opened on April 20 (Monday), up 44.28 points, or 0.17%, to 26204.61 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on April 20 (Monday), up 16.9 points, or 0.34%, to 5059.58 points; The state-owned enterprise index opened up 11.23 points, or 0.13%, to 8856.25 points on April 20 (Monday); The red chip index opened up 8.71 points, or 0.2%, to 4334.43 points on April 20 (Monday).

Shenzhen Stock Exchange: The list of securities underlying Hong Kong Stock Connect has been adjusted and will take effect from April 20, 2026, and will be transferred to Nobikan.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 48.30 points, or 0.54%, on Monday, April 20, to 8898.60 points.

NI225 opened up 222.75 points on April 20 (Monday), or 0.38%, to 58698.65 points.

The Dutch front-month natural gas contract rose more than 8% to 42.05 euros/MWh.

According to the "Mainichi Shimbun" report, Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae's approval rate dropped to 53%; the "Yomiuri Shimbun" poll showed that his approval rate was 66%, a drop of 5 percentage points.

SK Hynix: Started production of SOCAMM2 chips specially designed for NVIDIA Vera Rubin chips.

Jia Yueting: Faraday Future (FF) received US$45 million in financing from a medium- to large-scale institutional investor in the United States, and all of it was received on the same day.

New Zealand's exports in March were NZ$7.94 billion, the previous value was revised from NZ$6.63 billion to NZ$6.52 billion.

New Zealand's trade balance for the 12 months of March was -3.19 billion New Zealand dollars, the previous value was revised to -3.1 billion New Zealand dollars from -2.998 billion New Zealand dollars.

New Zealand imported NZ$7.25 billion in March, with the previous value revised from NZ$6.89 billion to NZ$6.88 billion.

New Zealand's trade balance in March was NZ$698 million, the previous value was revised from -NZ$257 million to -NZ$365 million.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessent: Discussed continued cooperation between the United States and Qatar with Qatari officials. I emphasized that the United States wants to deter future Iranian attacks and ensure that energy and broader markets are no longer disrupted. I also welcome Qatar’s continued investments in the United States, particularly in strengthening energy security.

Average gas prices across the U.S. are currently below $4, and Monday could see average prices increase by 5 to 10 cents per gallon, even approaching the recent high of $4.165 per gallon.

Iran's Supreme Joint Military Command: After the United States attacked Iranian ships, the Iranian army also attacked some U.S. warships with drones.

[U.S. military fires on Iranian commercial ship, Iraqi military: will respond and retaliate] Iran's Supreme Joint Military Command: The United States opened fire on an Iranian commercial ship, violating the ceasefire agreement. Iran will soon respond and retaliate against this "armed robbery at sea" by the US military.

U.S. Central Command: Since the blockade began, the U.S. military has instructed 25 commercial ships to turn around or return to Iranian ports.

The U.S. Embassy in Mexico said two U.S. officials were killed in a car crash in Mexico while supporting local authorities in their efforts to combat drug cartels.