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The HSI opened on July 17 (Friday), up 13.94 points, or 0.06%, to 25022.54 points;Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Technology Index opened on July 17 (Friday), down 2.37 points, or 0.05%, to 4832.07 points; The state-owned enterprise index opened up 16.53 points, or 0.2%, at 8334.67 points on July 17 (Friday);The red chip index opened at 3996.06 points, up 4.68 points, or 0.12%, on July 17 (Friday).

US President Trump: We will soon see the results of our victory in Iran.

US President Trump: Immediately declassify election-related intelligence.

US President Trump: We have the most powerful military in the world. The United States has the upper hand on Iran.

US President Trump: The US border has become more secure.

U.S. President Trump: Our investment scale is at a record high and the stock market is performing at its best.

U.S. President Trump: U.S. inflation has dropped the most in six years.

US President Trump: Our current investment in the United States is the largest ever.

US President Trump will address the nation in ten minutes.

Micron Technology (MU.O) and SanDisk (SNDK.O) U.S. stocks fell 4% in night trading, while SK Hynix ADR (SKHY.O) rose 0.4%.

Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened down 0.3% on July 17 (Friday) to 8814.20 points.

NI225 fell 3.00% during the day and is now at 64828.46 points.

U.S. Republican Senator Bernie Moreno: I just received a briefing from the White House about tonight's speech. I encourage every American to tune in tonight to watch President Trump speak. It was perhaps the most important speech given in the Oval Office since the Cuban Missile Crisis.

NI225 fell by 2.00% within the day.

NI225 opened down 486.99 points on July 17 (Friday), or 0.73%, to 66348.55 points.

Bernstein: Raise the gold price target to $4,533 per ounce in 2026 as central banks are diversifying their reserves and the Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates only once or twice at most in the next year.

White House Communications Director Jerry Chang: Coward. NBC and ABC don't want you to hear the truth. They just want to hide the truth from you. (Previous reports stated that these two media outlets would not televise Trump’s prime-time speech today)

Fed Vice Chairman Jefferson: He would like to see more economic vitality, but opposes rising unemployment.

Fed Vice Chairman Jefferson: The environment of low hiring and low layoffs is driven by uncertainty, especially concerns about artificial intelligence.

Fed Vice Chairman Jefferson: The labor market is stabilizing.