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Sony Group's stock price rose 6%.

Pakistan's Defense Minister: Pakistan has made intensive diplomatic efforts, but the Taliban has become India's proxy.

February 27th - According to media reports, executives at Dutch lithography equipment manufacturer ASML stated that the company's next-generation extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine is ready for chip manufacturers to begin mass production. The machine costs approximately $400 million, twice the price of the first-generation EUV model. ASML's Chief Technology Officer, Marco Peters, stated that the machine has processed approximately 500,000 silicon wafers with extremely low downtime and pattern accuracy meeting mass production standards.

According to the Wall Street Journal, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is investigating testimony given by Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell last summer regarding office building renovations.

On February 27, U.S. Trade Representative Greer stated in a recent media interview that the 10% global tariffs imposed by President Trump will be raised to 15% for "some" countries, and "potentially even higher" for others. He also indicated that tariffs on China are expected to remain at current levels because the U.S. "does not want to escalate tensions," and that "we intend to fully abide by the previously reached agreements."

Japan's retail sales in January totaled 12.954 trillion yen, compared with 14.825 trillion yen in the previous month.

Japanese government: Japan's chip manufacturing equipment output fell 12.7% month-on-month in January.

Japan's inventory growth rate was 0.1% month-on-month in January, compared to 0.9% in the previous month.

Japan's industrial production grew at an annualized rate of 2.3% in January, below the expected 5.00% and the previous reading of 2.60%.

Japan's seasonally adjusted retail sales rose 4.1% month-on-month in January, below the expected 1.50% and the previous month's -2.00%.

Japan's retail sales rose 1.8% year-on-year in January, below the expected 0.10% and the previous reading of -0.90%.

Japan's industrial production rose 2.2% month-on-month in January, below the expected 5.50% and the previous month's -0.10%.

February 27th - According to four sources familiar with the matter, Venezuela's Ministry of Oil has suspended 19 oil production sharing contracts signed with private companies during Maduro's presidency. The sources stated that the suspension has not yet affected the country's oil and gas production. They added that during the suspension period, the state-owned oil giant, PDVSA, is selling crude oil produced under these contracts. The sources indicated that Caracas and Washington will review these contracts and may recommend the cancellation of some of them. The sources also added that the Venezuelan and US governments are reviewing the qualifications of the companies that signed the contracts. Some of these companies are relatively unknown, and these agreements were signed during the period when Venezuela was subject to US sanctions.

Sources say Venezuela and the United States will revise the oil production-sharing agreement signed during the Maduro government's term, and the two sides may also terminate parts of the agreement.

Sources say Venezuelan oil production is unaffected by the suspension of production-sharing contracts, nor does it affect joint venture contracts.

Sources say Venezuela has suspended 19 oil production sharing contracts signed during Maduro's rule pending review.

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, Mizuho Group plans to cut up to 5,000 clerical jobs in Japan over the next 10 years; there are currently about 15,000 such jobs.

Japan's Tokyo unadjusted CPI fell 0.4% month-on-month in February, compared with a previous reading of -0.1%.

AMD (AMD.O): The Qwen team released three mid-range Qwen 3.5 models, with Ryzen performing well and Radeon excelling in intensive computing.