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Head of Bank of America’s Consumer Department: Consumers have shown resilience and continue to spend.

Bank of Montreal raised its target price for Alphabet (GOOGL.O) from $400 to $410.

Hungarian Oil and Gas Group: Crude oil transported through the "Friendship" pipeline has been received in Ukraine. The first crude oil shipments are expected to arrive in Hungary and Slovakia by Thursday at the latest.

Crude oil shipments to Europe via the Ukrainian section of the Friendship pipeline have resumed, industry sources said.

According to Türkiye's Anadolu News Agency: Türkiye's Foreign Minister will visit the United Kingdom from April 23 to 24.

The British Treasury released the minutes of the meeting between British Chancellor of the Exchequer Reeves and the banks. Reeves stressed that economic stability is the government's top priority.

Russian Ministry of Defense: In the past 24 hours, Russian troops have attacked energy, transportation and port infrastructure used by the Ukrainian armed forces.

CFO of oil trader Gunvor Group: We conducted a stress test on oil prices at US$200-300 per barrel.

European Central Bank Governing Councilor Simkus: The European Central Bank should not raise interest rates in April.

ECB Governing Council member Simkus: The possibility of the ECB raising interest rates this year cannot be ruled out.

Market news: Russia is considering imposing a windfall tax on some companies to cope with war expenses.

Boeing (BA.N) rose 1.4% in premarket ahead of its quarterly results.

The White House has drawn up a list of NATO countries similar to the "Naughty and Nice List." Trump is weighing the consequences of taking steps against NATO allies who have been placed on the "naughty list."

Bundesbank: The German economy is likely to achieve moderate growth in the first quarter, but higher energy costs and weakening confidence will be a drag on the second quarter.

The U.S. military is deploying Ukrainian counter-drone technology at an air base in Saudi Arabia, sources say.

According to reports, Germany said that Russia would block the flow of Kazakhstan oil to German refineries.

EU Energy Commissioner: Even under our most optimistic expectations, the energy market situation in the next few months will still be quite severe.

EU Energy Commissioner: LNG prices on the global market will not be stable in the next few years and may even rise.

Berlin Brandenburg Airport currently does not expect a shortage of aviation kerosene, despite the risk of disruption to the Friendship oil pipeline, according to a spokesperson quoted by Germany's Handelsblatt.

EU Energy Commissioner: We will not change our plans to withdraw from Russian gas in any way.