U.S. core CPI was lower than expected, and the three major U.S. stock indexes were close to opening flat. Mining stocks strengthened, with Goldfields (GFI.N) rising 2.2%, Cordair Mining (CDE.N) rising 0.97% and Pan American Silver (PAAS.O) rising 0.7%. The Nasdaq China Golden Dragon Index fell 1%, and Pinduoduo (PDD.O) fell more than 5%.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the seizure of the Russian subsidiary of Danish company ROCKWOOL.

Ian Lyngen, interest rate strategist at the Bank of Montreal: As inflation data has taken a back seat to employment data, today's CPI report is unlikely to change the market's expectations that the Fed will remain on hold in January. And the market seems to be reacting that way.

Network status monitoring website DownDetector: User reports show that as of 9:07 a.m. ET, 5,068 users in the United States reported that social media platform "X" was out of order.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA): No increased risk of “suicidal behavior” has been found with the use of GLP-1.

In the United States, the annual Red Book commercial retail sales rate for the week ending January 9 was 5.7%, compared with the previous value of 7.1%.