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German Industry Association: 46% of the car companies surveyed said they have been affected by rising costs caused by the conflict in the Middle East.

NI225 expanded its gains and once again stood at 70,000 points, continuing to hit a record high.

Australian mining company Orica: is increasing investments in copper and gold.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae: I also held a Japan-France summit meeting with French President Macron. I expressed my hope to further deepen cooperation in various fields, including economic security and cutting-edge technologies such as critical minerals that were discussed at the April meeting.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: I welcome the US-Iran agreement. It is crucial to ensure the actual implementation of free and safe navigation in the Strait of Hormuz and to reach a final agreement as soon as possible. Japan will continue its diplomatic efforts, including work on Iran.

Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae: I also had talks with President Trump. First of all, I welcomed the agreement reached by the United States and Iran. President Trump and I reaffirmed the importance of effectively implementing the Japan-U.S. tariff-related agreement.

Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi: I had in-depth discussions with Ukrainian President Zelensky. We confirmed that the G7 will continue to work together to support Ukraine and achieve peace.

JPMorgan Chase: Lowered the target price of BMW from 100 euros to 82 euros.

Goldman Sachs: We maintain our bearish view on TTF natural gas prices in 2028/29, with expectations of €19/MWh and €16/MWh, with risks tilted to the downside.

Goldman Sachs: We basically keep our TTF natural gas price forecasts unchanged in the second half of 2026 and 2027, at 41 euros/MWh and 30 euros/MWh respectively. The previous expectations were 42 euros/MWh and 30 euros/MWh.

Former US Vice President Pence: (talking about the US-Iran agreement) This obviously has appeasement implications.

NI225 rose by 0.5% to 69,752.22 points.

According to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Australian unions have reached an agreement with INPEX over the Ichthys LNG facility.

HSI opened up 1.9 points, or 0.01%, at 24495.85 points on June 17 (Wednesday);Hong Kong's Hang Seng Technology Index opened down 21.87 points, or 0.47%, at 4636.78 points at the opening on June 17 (Wednesday); The state-owned enterprise index opened down 5.35 points, or 0.06%, to 8234.7 points on June 17 (Wednesday);The red chip index opened down 9.28 points, or 0.22%, to 4240.87 points on June 17 (Wednesday).

At the opening of Hong Kong stocks, the Hang Seng Index opened up 0.01%, and the KCI opened down 0.47%; New Oriental (09901.HK) rose more than 2.6%, and China Biopharma (01177.HK) and Alibaba (09988.HK) both rose more than 1%.

Japan's 5-year government bond yield fell 3.0 basis points to 1.880%.

Japan's 2-year government bond yield fell 1.5 basis points to 1.390%.

Canadian Prime Minister Carney: Trump revealed the US-Iran memorandum of understanding to me, and Canada supports it. The U.S.-Iran Memorandum of Understanding paves the way for resolving the Lebanese crisis.

Australia's May West Pacific Leading Indicator month-on-month rate was -0.04%, the previous value was 0.04%.

The U.S. military said it had carried out a fatal strike on a drug-trafficking vessel operated by a "terrorist group" in the eastern Pacific.