Toronto Stock Index .GSPTSE Unofficially Closes Up 493.18 Points, Or 1.50 Percent, At 33389.73

The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index Closed Down 0.1% Initially. Among Popular Chinese Concept Stocks, Pinduoduo Closed Up Over 1%, While Meituan, Yum China, New Oriental, Tencent, BYD, Baidu, And Alibaba All Rose By More Than 0.9%. Li Auto Fell 0.3%, Pony.ai Fell 0.9%, And WeRide Fell 3.8%

The S&P 500 Closed Up 0.6%, With The Energy Sector Up 2%, Technology And Consumer Discretionary Sectors Up 1%, Real Estate Down 1.4%, And Utilities Down 1.7%. The NASDAQ 100 Closed Up 0.8%, With Its Components Showing Strong Performance: Cadence Electronics Up 7.7%, DoorDash Up 7.3%, Synopsys And Micron Technology Up 5%, Western Digital Up 4.4%, Walmart Down 1.7%, Strategy Down 2.4%, Ceg Down 2.6%, NXP Down 3.1%, And Paratop Networks Down 6.7%. Amazon, Cisco, Goldman Sachs, Salesforce, Disney, And Nvidia Led The Dow Jones Components With Gains Of At Least 1.7%, While Caterpillar, Procter & Gamble, VZ, Boeing, And 3M Fell By Up To 2%

Japan's USA Treasury Holdings 1.186 Trillion Dlrs In Dec Versus 1.203 Trillion In Nov

USA Dec Net Private Capital Flow +32.7 Billion Dlrs Versus+159.6 Billion In Nov (Previous +167.2 Billion)

United Kingdom's USA Treasury Holdings 866 Billion Dlrs In Dec Versus 889 Billion In Nov

USA Dec Net Long-Term Flow (Including Swaps/Other) +28.0 Billion Dlrs Versus+206.6 Billion In Nov (Previous +220.2 Billion)

USA Dec Net Official Capital Flow +12.2 Billion Dlrs Versus+44.9 Billion In Nov (Previous +44.9 Billion)

USA Dec Net Long-Term Flow (Ex-Swaps/Other) +28.0 Billion Dlrs Versus+206.6 Billion In Nov (Previous +220.2 Billion)

On Wednesday (February 18), The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index Rose 0.92% To 3639.09 Points, Continuing Its Upward Trend Since The Start Of Trading In The Asia-Pacific Region. Among Its Components, Aurora Innovation Rose 5.8%, Panasonic Corporation Closed Up 5.38%, STMicroelectronics' Paris Shares Closed Up 3.84%, Umicore's European Shares Closed Up 3.67%, While Mobileye Fell Approximately 1.7%, Ballard Power Systems Fell 2%, And WeRide Fell 4.1%

Argentina's Merval Index Closed Down 3.16% At 2.727 Million Points, Continuing Its Downward Trend After Opening Lower

[US Treasury Yields Rise By Over 2 Basis Points] On Wednesday (February 18), In Late New York Trading, The Yield On The 10-year US Treasury Note Rose 2.50 Basis Points To A Daily High Of 4.0865%, Continuing Its Upward Trend Throughout The Day. The Yield On The 2-year US Treasury Note Rose 2.91 Basis Points To 3.4616%; The Yield On The 30-year US Treasury Note Rose 2.23 Basis Points To 4.7108%. The Spread Between The 2-year And 10-year US Treasury Yields Remained Roughly Unchanged At +61.883 Basis Points. The Yield On The 10-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TPS) Rose 0.77 Basis Points To 1.7894%; The Yield On The 2-year TPS Fell 0.61 Basis Points To 0.7566%; And The Yield On The 30-year TPS Rose 0.96 Basis Points To 2.4824%