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Iranian Parliament Speaker Ghalibaf: Regional security must be achieved by the countries in the region.

Swedish Central Bank Deputy Governor Bunge: Our interest rate path suggests that a rate hike this fall is possible, but we will reconsider this issue after the summer.

Swedish central bank governor Töden: Maintaining the current interest rate is a balanced policy, but the possibility of future rate hikes has increased, which is also reasonable.

The commander of the Ukrainian drone force said that Ukrainian drones attacked the main substation of the Sevastopol power plant in Crimea last night.

June 24 - According to data released by the National Data Service of South Korea on the 24th, the number of newborns in April reached 24,521, an increase of 18% year-on-year. Both the number of newborns and the growth rate reached their highest levels since April 2019.

On June 24th, the National Energy Administration released data on national electric vehicle charging infrastructure for May 2026. According to data from the National Charging Infrastructure Monitoring and Service Platform, as of the end of May 2026, the total number of electric vehicle charging infrastructure (guns) in my country reached 22.497 million, a year-on-year increase of 44.9%. Among them, public charging facilities (guns) numbered 4.951 million, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%, with a total rated power of 242 million kilowatts and an average power per gun of approximately 48.89 kilowatts; private charging facilities (guns) numbered 17.546 million, a year-on-year increase of 51.4%, with a registered power capacity of 151 million kilovolt-amperes.

The chart shows that at 22:00 Beijing time on June 24, there will be large foreign exchange options contracts for EUR/USD, USD/JPY, GBP, etc., expiring. There are 6 large contracts with strike prices of over 1 billion. Please manage your risks.

Sources say Singapore-based refiner Aster plans to shut down its crude oil and petrochemical units for maintenance in August.

According to Iran's Tasnim News Agency, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi spoke with Hamas about the Gaza attacks.

June 24th Futures News: Shanghai Futures Exchange (SHFE) Energy and Chemical Warehouse Receipts and Changes: 1. Pulp futures warehouse receipts: 248,750 tons, an increase of 4,883 tons compared to the previous trading day; 2. Pulp futures mill warehouse receipts: 20,000 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 3. Offset paper futures warehouse receipts: 1,557 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 4. Offset paper futures mill warehouse receipts: 6,640 tons, unchanged compared to the previous trading day; 5. Fuel oil futures warehouse receipts: 26,160 tons. 6. Petroleum asphalt futures warehouse receipts: 18,120 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 7. Petroleum asphalt futures factory warehouse receipts: 89,520 tons, a decrease of 500 tons from the previous trading day; 8. Medium-sulfur crude oil futures warehouse receipts: 2,961,000 barrels, unchanged from the previous trading day; 9. Low-sulfur fuel oil futures warehouse receipts: 0 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day; 10. Low-sulfur fuel oil futures factory warehouse receipts: 0 tons, unchanged from the previous trading day.

June 24th – The “2026 Mobile World Congress Shanghai (MWC Shanghai)” opened. At the opening ceremony, Zhong Zhihong, Chief Engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that the new generation of information and communication technologies is rapidly integrating into all sectors of the economy and society, propelling human society towards an intelligent era of human-machine collaboration, cross-border integration, and co-creation and sharing. Looking to the future, we are willing to work with all countries to seize the opportunities of the times, gather development vitality, and jointly promote the development of information and communication to a new level. We will maintain a moderately forward-looking approach, strengthen new infrastructure, enhance the planning and construction of next-generation communication networks and computing networks, promote the evolution of dual-gigabit networks to dual-10-gigabit networks, accelerate the construction of a multi-level computing infrastructure system, actively deploy new network facilities such as low-altitude information infrastructure and satellite internet, and build an integrated air-space-ground information network.

Nokia (NOK.N) has expanded its partnership with Amazon Web Services to launch an autonomous network designed for the age of artificial intelligence.

On Wednesday, June 24, the German DAX 30 index opened down 122.39 points, or 0.49%, at 24,814.64; the UK FTSE 100 index opened up 2.86 points, or 0.03%, at 10,431.71; and the French CAC 40 index opened up 20.66 points, or 0.25%, at 8,361.37. The Euro Stoxx 50 index opened down 0.80 points, or 0.01%, at 6229.75 on Wednesday, June 24; the Spanish IBEX 35 index opened up 3.29 points, or 0.02%, at 19479.79 on Wednesday, June 24; and the Italian FTSE MIB index opened down 39.91 points, or 0.08%, at 51984.50 on Wednesday, June 24.

According to Futures News on June 24, as of 15:00 Beijing time, spot platinum fell 0.47% and spot palladium fell 0.84%.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We expect to achieve the 2% inflation target in the second half of this fiscal year and into the next fiscal year.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: High oil prices could lead to a broader rise in commodity prices.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit Armenia next week.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: We must carefully examine the situation in the Middle East, the profitability of investments related to artificial intelligence, and how overseas non-bank activities affect the financial system through various channels.

Bank of Japan Governor Kazuo Ueda: Japan's financial system remains stable overall.