European Central Bank President Lagarde Plans To Quit Before Macron's Term Ends, Ft Reports

In The Past 24 Hours, The Marketvector™ Digital Asset 100 Small Cap Index Fell 0.72%, Currently At 2816.96 Points. The Marketvector™ Digital Asset 100 Mid Cap Index Rose 0.27%, To 2819.24 Points, Having Reached A High Of 2858.83 Points At 23:41 Beijing Time. The Marketvector™ Digital Asset 100 Index Fell 0.67%, To 13555.77 Points. Currently, Solana Is Down 3.29%, Dogecoin Is Down 0.77%, And XRP Is Down 1.48%. Bitcoin Is Down 0.93%, Currently At $67072; Ethereum Is Down 1.26%, Currently At $1969.18

[Sovereign Bond Yields In France, Italy, Spain, And Greece Late In European Trading On Wednesday (February 18)] The Yield On French 10-year Bonds Fell 0.3 Basis Points To 3.314% In Late European Trading. The Yield On 2-year French Bonds Rose 1.0 Basis Point, While The Yield On 30-year French Bonds Fell 0.3 Basis Points. The Yield On Italian 10-year Bonds Fell 0.4 Basis Points To 3.346%. The Yield On Spanish 10-year Bonds Was Roughly Unchanged At 3.116%. The Yield On Greek 10-year Bonds Fell 0.2 Basis Points To 3.344%

MSCI's Nordic Countries Index Rose 1.4%, Its Best Single-day Performance Since February 6, To 391.29 Points. Among The Ten Sectors, The Nordic Industrials Sector Saw The Largest Gain. Kongsberg Gruppen Asa Led The Pack With A 5.4% Increase

Germany's DAX 30 Index Closed Up 1.19% At 25,296.17 Points. France's Stock Index Closed Up 0.86%, Italy's Stock Index Closed Up 1.39% And Its Banking Index Rose 1.95%, And The UK's Stock Index Closed Up 1.32%

France's CAC 40 Up 0.88%, Spain's IBEX Up 1.38%

Angola To Load 28 Crude Oil Cargoes In April Versus 35 Planned In March, Preliminary Programme Seen By Reuters Shows

[Institution: Suggests Betting On Fewer Fed Rate Cuts In The Second Half Of The Year] Ts Lombard Macro Strategists Suggest That As The Labor Market Recovers, Traders Should Bet That The Federal Reserve Will Cut Rates Fewer Times Than Expected In The Second Half Of This Year, Which Would Dampen Market Enthusiasm For A Steeper Yield Curve Strategy For US Treasury Bonds. "Under Warsh's Leadership, The Fed Is Only Likely To Ignore A Renewed Acceleration In The Labor Market If It Sees Strong Signs Of Productivity Improvement," Says Daniel Von Ahlen Of Ts Lombard

Russell 2000 Index Up 1.4%

Russia's Jan PPI -5.0% Year-On-Year, -2.5% Month-On-Month

[Bitcoin Surges Past $68,000, Ethereum Surges Past $2,000] February 18Th, According To Htx Market Data, Bitcoin Broke Through $68,000, With A 24-Hour Gain Of 1.34%. Ethereum Broke Through $2,000, With A 24-Hour Gain Of 2.24%