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European Movers: Winners: Sandoz ( $SDZ SW) +5.9%, HSBC ( $HSBA LN / 5 HK) +4.9%, Hiscox ( $HSX LN) +4.2%, Santander ( $SAN SM) +2.1%, Losers: E.ON ( $EOAN GY) -1.3%, Heidelberg Materials ( $HEI GY) -3.5%, Diageo ( $DGE LN) -5.0%

German GDP Final YoY SA Actual 0.4% (Forecast 0.4%, Previous 0.4%) German GDP Final QoQ Actual 0.3% (Forecast 0.3%, Previous 0.3%) German GDP Final YoY NSA Actual 0.6% (Forecast 0.6%, Previous 0.6%) $MACRO

$HSBC FY 25 Earnings: • Sees Banking NII Of At Least $45B In 2026 • Sees ROTE Of 17% Or Better For 2026–2028 • Sees CET1 Ratio Within 14%–14.5% Target Range • Sees Dividend Payout Ratio Target Basis Of 50% In 2026–2028 • Sees ~5% Revenue Growth In 2028 Vs 2027

$HSBC FY 25 Earnings: • Revenue: $68.27B (est $67.36B) • Pretax Profit: $29.91B (est $28.86B) • Q4 Revenue: $16.36B • Q4 Pretax Profit: $6.80B • Q4 ECL Charge: $901M • FY CET1 Ratio: 14.9% (est 14.7%) • Fourth Interim Dividend/Share: $0.45

Trump: My preference is to solve this problem through diplomacy, but i won't ever let iran have a nuclear weapon

Trump: Iran continues to rebuild nuclear weapons, they are pursuing their ambitions

Trump: Iran has killed at least 32,000 protestors in their own country

TRUMP: IRAN IS BUILDING MISSILES THAT COULD REACH US

TRUMP: WILL NEVER HESITATE TO CONFRONT THREATS TO AMERCIA

Trump: Working Hard To End Russia-Ukraine War

TRUMP: WAR IN GAZA PROCEEDS AT A VERY LOW LEVEL

SPOT SILVER UP OVER 3% INTRADAY $SLV #SILVER

TRUMP: FALL IN PRICES AKIN TO ANOTHER LARGE TAX CUT

Trump Calls Venezuela US’ ‘New Partner And Friend': Received More Than 80M Bbl Of Oil From Venezuela • Natural Gas Production At All-Time High • American Oil Production Is Up #OOTT #Natgas

Japan Government Nominates Toichiro Asada, Ayano Sato As New BoJ Board Members - Sources • Asada Is Professor Emeritus At Chuo University

Japan 40-Year Bond Yield Rises 5Bps To 3.565%

Asian stocks opened higher after a rally in technology shares lifted Wall Street benchmarks, tempering concern about the disruptive effects of artificial intelligence. #MarketUpdate #AsianMarket https://t.co/xW1baZnezs

Oil Gained as traders weighed the odds of a nuclear agreement between the US and Iran ahead of talks on Thursday, as a huge deployment of American forces in the Middle East kept the market #OOTT Here’s the latest news and analysis on the oil market 👇 https://t.co/Q3dgeh3dwB

Australia CPI (M/M) Jan: 0.4% (prev 1.0%) - CPI (Y/Y): 3.8% (est 3.7%; prev 3.8%)  - CPI Trimmed Mean (M/M): 0.3% (prev 0.2%)  - CPI Trimmed Mean (Y/Y): 3.4% (est 3.3%; prev 3.3%)  $MACRO

Asia-Pac stocks begin higher as the region takes impetus from the rebound on Wall St, after Anthropic's presentation helped soothe some AI/software concerns, and with tech also bolstered by the USD 60bln Meta-AMD chip deal: ASX 200 (+0.8%) Nikkei 225 (+1.1%) KOSPI (+0.8%)