The Syrian Oil Company Said The First Batch Of Iraqi Fuel Cargo Has Begun Loading At The Baniyas Terminal And Will Subsequently Be Exported Via Designated Tankers

Data Released By The Petroleum Institute Of Japan On Wednesday Showed That, For The Week Ending April 11, Refinery Utilization Was At 67.8% Of Designed Capacity, Roughly The Same As The Previous Week’s 67.7%, And Well Below The Level Of Over 80% Before The Outbreak Of War At The End Of February

The Hang Seng Index Closed Up 75.0 Points, Or 0.29%, At 25,947.32 On Wednesday, April 15; The Hang Seng Tech Index Closed Up 59.83 Points, Or 1.23%, At 4,911.79; The H-share Index Closed Up 46.65 Points, Or 0.54%, At 8,718.26; And The Red Chip Index Closed Down 10.66 Points, Or 0.25%, At 4,321.56

Spot Silver Fell Below $79 Per Ounce, Down 0.68% On The Day

The Head Of The Republic Of Bashkortostan, Russia, Said That Several Drones Were Shot Down Over The Industrial Area Of Sterlitamak

Iran Claims To Have Arrested Five U.S.-Israeli Mercenaries And Seized The Assets Of 13 Others

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy: The Strait Of Hormuz Has Been Blockaded, And We Hope The Blockade Will Be Lifted. We Have Already Experienced The Situation In The Black Sea. The U.S. Side Has Not Yet Consulted With US

Indonesia's Ministry Of Energy Has Set The Benchmark Price For 5300 Kcal/kg Coal At US$77.71 Per Ton For The Second Half Of April, And The Benchmark Price For 4100 Kcal/kg Coal At US$52.84 Per Ton

U.S. Treasury Secretary Bessenter Is Scheduled To Visit Japan In Mid-May

Norway's March Crude Oil Exports Reach Record High

Iran Says U.S.-Israeli Strikes Have Damaged About 40,000 Residential Units In Tehran

London Metal Exchange (LME): Copper Inventories Increased By 2,000 Tons, Aluminum Inventories Decreased By 2,200 Tons, Lead Inventories Decreased By 875 Tons, Zinc Inventories Increased By 550 Tons, Tin Inventories Increased By 190 Tons, And Nickel Inventories Decreased By 1,506 Tons

The Ukrainian Foreign Minister Spoke By Phone With The Israeli Foreign Minister To Discuss The Allowance Of A Russian Ship Carrying Grain To Dock At An Israeli Port. Ukraine Claims That Russia "stole" The Ukrainian Grain

Two Remotely Controlled Improvised Explosive Devices Detonated In Tehran Early Wednesday Morning Local Time, Injuring Three People. Iranian Officials Said The Situation Was Normal And Nothing Unusual Had Happened

Apple Increases IPhone Production In India, And Tata Group's Assembly Share Is Expected To Reach 10-15%

Nomura: Expects Bank Indonesia To Hold Rates Steady For The Rest Of The Year