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Japan plans to strengthen its scrutiny of foreign investment, following the example of the United States by establishing a new agency to enhance economic security. The new agency will be modeled after the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIB).

February 24th, Futures News: Economies.com analysts' latest view: Brent crude oil futures rose in the previous trading day, preparing to test the resistance level of $72.00. Brent crude oil futures continue to trade above the 50-day exponential moving average (EMA50), providing support for prices. Meanwhile, the main short-term bullish trend dominates, and prices are also moving along the trendline supporting this bullish channel. However, the Relative Strength Index (RSI) has shown a negative confluence signal after moving out of oversold territory, which may weaken its short-term upward momentum.

The China Earthquake Networks Center automatically determined that an earthquake of approximately magnitude 4.7 occurred near Taiwan at 12:37 on February 24. The final result is subject to the official rapid report.

February 24th, Futures News: Economies.com analysts' latest view: WTI crude oil futures fell in a limited corrective move, while the Relative Strength Index (RSI) showed a negative signal, aiming to dampen previous momentum and re-establish a balance. This decline injected new buying momentum, paving the way for a return to the bullish trajectory, but did not change the main trend. Prices found strong dynamic support by trading steadily above the 50-day exponential moving average (EMA50), reinforcing the stability and dominance of the main bullish trend in the short term, especially as prices moved orderly along the trendline supporting this path. As long as prices hold these technical support levels, the bullish outlook remains valid, while a break below these support levels could indicate a deeper shift in the trend structure.

February 24th - According to two sources familiar with the matter, White House officials are demanding commitments from tech companies that their data centers will not raise electricity prices or impose additional burdens on consumers. These measures include pressuring tech executives to sign non-binding agreements promising that their companies will cover the costs of building the necessary infrastructure to support their data centers. Sources indicate that Trump administration officials have already discussed signing such commitments with Microsoft, Google, and other companies.

Musk: If someone reverse-engineers the F-35, they'll be making a fool of themselves. Previously, Musk criticized the F-35 as "obsolete" in the drone era.

February 24th - According to TrendForce's latest UV LED market trend and product analysis, UV LED prices will be supported in the first quarter of 2026 due to rising costs of precious metals, raw materials, and labor. Customized products may even see a 5% quarter-on-quarter increase. With the stable growth trend in global UV curing and sterilization applications, the UV LED market size is estimated to reach US$215 million in 2026, representing an annual growth of at least 10%.

The Central Bank of Kyrgyzstan announced that it will set the policy rate at 12.0%.

Panasonic shuts down its television business in the United States.

Sources say Japan is considering adjustments to its liquidity-supporting government bond auctions due to continued market volatility.

Singtel will have priority access to some of Nvidia's next-generation chips.

On February 24, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement on February 23 marking the fourth anniversary of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, reiterating his call for an immediate, comprehensive, and unconditional ceasefire. Guterres stated that the longer the war continues, the greater the casualties. He reiterated his call for an immediate, comprehensive, and unconditional ceasefire in Ukraine as a first step towards a just, lasting, and comprehensive peace. To achieve a just peace, it must be in accordance with the UN Charter, international law, and relevant UN resolutions, and must respect Ukraine's independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. The UN will continue its efforts to achieve this goal.

Japanese heavy machinery and defense stocks fell, with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries down 2.6% and Kawasaki Heavy Industries down 4.3%.

The Federation of Automobile Manufacturers of Thailand: Thailand's automobile production increased by 10.53% year-on-year in January, compared with 8.56% year-on-year growth in December.

February 24th, Futures News: Loan Prime Rates (LPRs) were released as scheduled today, with all maturities remaining unchanged. 1. Latest Quotes: On February 24th, the 1-year and 5-year LPRs were 3.0% and 3.5% respectively, remaining unchanged for the ninth consecutive month. The spreads added to the 7-day reverse repo rate remained at 160 and 210 basis points respectively. 2. Reasons for Stability: The 7-day reverse repo rate remained stable in February, and the LPR pricing basis remained unchanged. Wang Qing, Chief Macro Analyst at Orient Securities, explained that at the end of the fourth quarter of last year, commercial banks' net interest margin remained at a historical low of 1.42%, and quoting banks lacked the incentive to actively lower the LPR quote spread. 3. Urgency of Interest Rate Cuts: Ming Ming, Chief Economist at CITIC Securities, stated that as of December last year, the weighted average interest rate for general loans in my country had fallen to a historical low of 3.55%. Given the relatively low financing costs for the real economy and the need to repair bank interest margins, the urgency for domestic interest rate cuts is not high. 4. Market Outlook: Wang Qing predicts that monetary policy will be in an observation period in the short term. A comprehensive policy-driven interest rate cut is likely to be implemented in the second quarter, leading to a decline in the LPR (Loan Prime Rate), which in turn will guide corporate and household loan interest rates downward. Interviewees expect that there will be ample room for monetary policy to remain moderately loose throughout the year.

On February 24th, according to futures market news, during the new round of refined oil price adjustment window, international crude oil prices rose. Geopolitical tensions led to risk premiums dominating international crude oil price trends, with fundamentals having a limited impact on crude oil prices. International crude oil prices reached a near six-month high. The crude oil change rate has remained within the positive range this round, and the current retail price adjustment window for refined oil is expected to see an upward adjustment. Monitoring models show that as of the close of trading on February 23rd, the change rate of the reference crude oil on the 10th working day was 3.98%. It is expected that the retail price limits for gasoline and diesel will increase by 175 and 170 yuan per ton, respectively, which translates to an increase of 0.14, 0.15, and 0.14 yuan per liter for 92# gasoline, 95# gasoline, and 0# diesel, respectively. The price adjustment window is at 24:00 on February 24th, 2026. If the increase in the retail price limits for refined oil is confirmed in this round, it will cost private cars an extra 7 yuan to fill up a 50L tank.

On February 24th, Liang Hua, Chairman of Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., revealed in his speech at the 2026 Guangdong Provincial High-Quality Development Conference that the HarmonyOS ecosystem is currently moving from usability to high usability. The number of terminal devices running HarmonyOS 5 and HarmonyOS 6 has exceeded 40 million, with over 75,000 native applications and cloud services available. It has also been widely adopted in industries such as finance, power, energy, transportation, and communications. Furthermore, 43 mainstream industry models are currently pre-trained on Ascend, and over 200 open-source models are adapted to the Ascend ecosystem, driving the implementation of over 6,000 solutions.

At the Guangdong Provincial High-Quality Development Conference, Huang Kunming, Secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, stated that efforts will be made to "unleash" technological innovation and market exploration to the greatest extent possible, allowing the low-altitude economy to "take off," autonomous driving to "run," and embodied intelligence to "be used."

On February 24th, according to Qichacha APP, Ulanqab Yanbei Zhiwei Technology Co., Ltd., Hohhot Saibei Shengle Technology Co., Ltd., and Hohhot Saibei Yunji Technology Co., Ltd. were recently established. The legal representative of all three is Dong Jiajian, and their registered capital is 400 million yuan, 1.1 billion yuan, and 1.3 billion yuan respectively. Qichacha's equity penetration analysis shows that all three are wholly owned by Beijing Zitiao Network Technology Co., Ltd.