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The Dow's gain extended to 1%.

SNB President: The SNB is ready to intervene in the currency market if necessary.

According to the Axios website: U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth has set a deadline for Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei - he must open his AI model to the military without restrictions by Friday night, otherwise he will face severe punishment.

The Fed accepted a total of $917 million from 17 counterparties in fixed-rate reverse repurchase operations.

Swiss National Bank President Schlegel: A quarter of Swiss companies surveyed have been negatively affected by US tariffs. Nearly one-third of companies have not yet taken any measures to respond to U.S. tariffs.

The U.S. 2-year Treasury bond auction as of February 24 - the winning interest rate allocation percentage was 51.32%, compared with the previous value of 52.25%.

The U.S. 2-year Treasury bond auction as of February 24 - the bid-to-bid ratio was 2.63, compared with the previous value of 2.75.

Swiss National Bank President Schlegel: Inflation is expected to accelerate in the next few quarters.

Swiss National Bank President Schlegel: The Swiss National Bank expects GDP growth in 2026 to be approximately 1%.

SNB President Schlegel: There is almost no change in inflationary pressure in Switzerland.

Iranian Foreign Minister: Tehran will resume talks with the United States in Geneva, aiming to reach a fair and just agreement as soon as possible.

Swiss National Bank President Schlegel: Swiss economic growth will slow down in 2025, but there are huge differences between various industries.

Iran's Foreign Minister: An agreement with the United States is within reach "only if diplomacy is given priority."

Swiss National Bank President Schlegel: The medium-term trend of inflation is important to us.

France will restore access to US Ambassador to France Jared Kushner.

According to the Ukrainian National News Agency: Canada will deliver nearly 500 armored vehicles to Ukraine.

Stefanyshina, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States: I was invited to attend U.S. President Trump’s State of the Union address.

Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Stefanyshina: The U.S. sanctions bill is generally a very good bill. If the bill is passed by Congress, U.S. President Trump is expected to sign it.

Sources: Rosneft has reduced crude oil receipts by 250,000 barrels per day after a drone attack on a major pumping station on Monday.

British Foreign Office: (Regarding Russia’s accusation that Ukraine is trying to acquire nuclear weapons with the support of Britain and France) This statement is baseless.