US 20-Year USA Treasury Yield Extends Increase After Auction, Last Up 3.2 Basis Points At 4.661%

LME Copper Rose $292 To $12,912 Per Tonne. LME Aluminum Rose $54 To $3,089 Per Tonne. LME Zinc Rose $67 To $3,354 Per Tonne. LME Lead Rose $18 To $1,964 Per Tonne. LME Nickel Rose $414 To $17,275 Per Tonne. LME Tin Fell $13 To $45,918 Per Tonne. LME Cobalt Was Unchanged At $56,290 Per Tonne

Russian President Putin Met With Cuban Foreign Minister Rodriguez In The Kremlin

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