North Korea Says South Korea Should Take Steps To Prevent Sovereignty Violation

The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China Index Closed Down 2.9% Initially. Among Popular Chinese Concept Stocks, Tencent Music Closed Down 10%, Ctrip Down 6%, Beike Down 5.8%, Bilibili, Baidu, Canadian Solar, And Yum China Down More Than 4%, Alibaba Down 3.4%, Atour Up 1.2%, And 21Vianet Up 3.7%

The S&P 500 Closed Down 1.6%, With The Technology Sector Down 2.6%, Energy Down 2%, And Financials Down 1.9%. Consumer Discretionary, Telecommunications, Materials, And Industrials Sectors All Fell More Than 1%, While Consumer Staples Rose 1.2% And Utilities Rose 1.5%. The NASDAQ 100 Closed Down 2%, With Applovin Down 19.7%, Cisco Down 12.5%, Palantir Down 5%, And Apple Down 4.9%. Walmart Rose 3.6%, Western Digital Rose 3.8%, Seagate Technology Rose 5.8%, And Exelon Rose 6.8%. Cisco Closed Down 12.3%, Disney Down 5.1%, Apple Down 4.9%, And IBM And Goldman Sachs Also Fell More Than 4%, Leading The Decline Among Dow Jones Components. UnitedHealth Rose About 2%, McDonald's Rose 2.6%, And Walmart Rose 3.7%

On Thursday (February 12), The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Price Return Index Fell 0.69% To 3636.68 Points In Late Trading. The U.S. Stock Market Opened At A Daily High Of 3697.22 Points—trading Around 3690 Points In Early Asian Trading Before Declining Further, And Then Trading Around 3640 Points After Midnight

[Report: Italian Tax Authorities Search Amazon's Milan Office] According To Sources, Italian Tax Police Searched Amazon's Milan Office, The Residences Of Seven Amazon Executives, And KPMG's Offices. The Searches Are Related To A New Tax Evasion Investigation Into Amazon. The New Investigation Focuses On Whether Amazon Had Undeclared Permanent Establishments In Italy Between 2019 And 2024, And Whether It Should Have Paid More Taxes. In A Statement To Bloomberg News, Amazon Said It Had Paid All Taxes Due In Italy And Was Surprised By The Prosecutors' Actions On Thursday

Argentina's Merval Index Closed Down 5.56% At 2.85 Million Points

On Thursday (February 12), The Dollar Fell 0.24% Against The Yen To 152.89 Yen In Late New York Trading, Trading Between 153.76 And 152.27 Yen During The Day. The Euro Fell 0.27% Against The Yen, And The Pound Fell 0.30% Against The Yen

[Republican Senator Tillis Opposes Senate Takeover Of Powell Investigation, Warsh Nominee Confirmation Still Hindered] U.S. Republican Senator Thom Tillis Rejected A Proposal For The Senate Banking Committee To Conduct Its Own Investigation Into Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell. This Proposal Aimed To Replace The Justice Department's Investigation And Clear The Way For The Committee To Approve President Trump's Nominee For The Next Federal Reserve Chairman

Brent Crude Futures Settle At $67.52/Bbl, Down $1.88, 2.71 Percent

White House Releases Joint Statement On A Framework For United States-North Macedonia Agreement On Reciprocal, Fair, And Balanced Trade

WTI Crude Oil Futures For March Delivery Closed At $62.84 Per Barrel. Nymex Natural Gas Futures For March Delivery Closed At $3.2170 Per Million British Thermal Units (MMBtu). Nymex Gasoline Futures For March Delivery Closed At $1.9159 Per Gallon, And Nymex Heating Oil Futures For March Delivery Closed At $2.3927 Per Gallon