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Canadian Prime Minister Carney: I had a good conversation with President Trump.

January 27th - The extreme surge in silver prices is triggering a surge in trading volume for the iShares Silver ETF (SLV). On Monday, the ETF recorded nearly $40 billion in trading volume. This surpasses the $23 billion trading volume of Nvidia shares that day and far exceeds the $22 billion trading volume of Tesla. Just a few months ago, the iShares Silver ETF's average daily trading volume was only about $2 billion; by late December, it had jumped to approximately $10 billion. Entering January 2026, with silver prices further surging, trading activity has soared again. Silver has already more than doubled in 2025, and January 2026 saw a continued astonishing rise, with a current gain of nearly 60%, potentially marking the largest monthly gain since 1979.

ADP reported that U.S. private sector job growth declined slightly for the third consecutive week.

Polish Energy Minister: Poland and Ukraine have agreed to increase their natural gas import capacity.

On January 27th, just one day after concluding its 2026 work conference, Ping An Bank internally announced a batch of appointments: the presidents of eight branches in Chongqing, Kunming, Qingdao, Foshan, Urumqi, Shenyang, Harbin, and Xi'an were appointed as branch compliance officers. Following Industrial Bank's appointment of seven branch presidents as compliance officers, Ping An Bank becomes the second joint-stock bank to complete the appointment of compliance officers at the branch level. Industry analysts believe that the appointment of branch presidents as compliance officers by these two banks will allow them to proactively integrate compliance management systems into the entire business process, avoiding a disconnect between compliance and grassroots operations, and improving the efficiency of compliance and risk management. It is believed that these two banks are not the only ones; more banks will not only establish chief compliance officers at their headquarters in accordance with the State Financial Regulatory Commission's "Measures for Compliance Management of Financial Institutions," but will also establish compliance officers at the branch level.

Ukraine's Energy Minister: Ukraine imported 2.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas through Poland in 2025.

January 27th - Since 2026, Hong Kong-listed companies have continued to actively engage in share buybacks, with large-scale buybacks occurring frequently. Wind data shows that as of January 26th, a total of 112 Hong Kong-listed companies have conducted buybacks since the beginning of 2026, repurchasing a total of 413 million shares for HK$12.077 billion. In the same period of 2025, a total of 123 Hong Kong-listed companies repurchased 796 million shares for HK$24.375 billion. Overall, while the number of shares repurchased and the total amount repurchased have decreased, the number of participating companies exceeds 110, indicating that despite the Hong Kong stock market's rise in 2025, the enthusiasm for share buybacks among Hong Kong-listed companies remains undiminished.

Boeing (BA.N) shares erased gains in pre-market trading and are currently down 1.5%.

Union Pacific (UNP.N) reported fourth-quarter revenue of $6.08 billion, compared to market expectations of $6.12 billion.

As of 8:30 PM Beijing time, WTI crude oil futures fell 0.10%, and US natural gas futures fell 4.57%.

Market news: Türkiye is urging local banks to comply with offshore foreign exchange swap rules.

On January 27, the Beijing Branch of the People's Bank of China and the Beijing Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange held a press conference for the first quarter of 2026. Zhou Dan, Director of the Monetary Policy Department of the Beijing Branch of the People's Bank of China, stated that the branch will focus on ensuring the effective implementation of policies, fully leveraging the combined quantitative and structural roles of monetary policy tools, actively guiding and incentivizing financial institutions within its jurisdiction to improve the quality and efficiency of financial services to the real economy, and continuing to increase support for major strategies, key areas, and weak links to consolidate the steady and positive momentum of the capital's economy.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry summoned the Italian ambassador regarding Italy's attempt to include the Revolutionary Guard on the EU's list of terrorists.

Naftogaz, Ukraine's state-owned gas company: This is the 15th deliberate attack on the company's infrastructure since the beginning of 2026.

Naftogaz, Ukraine's state-owned gas company: Russia attacked facilities in western Ukraine.

American Airlines Group (AAL.O) shares rose 2.8% in pre-market trading after the company projected higher-than-expected profits for 2026.

India's Trade Minister: Hopes the EU trade agreement will come into effect in the 2026 calendar year.

American Airlines Group (AAL.O) projects first-quarter revenue growth of 7-10%.