Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Thursday

The central bank report states, "Adjust and optimize policies at the right time, closely monitor changes in major overseas central banks," and reiterates the need to "prevent capital idling and strengthen the resilience of the foreign exchange market."

Food and energy prices are rising! The U.S. January PPI increased by 3.5% year-on-year, the highest growth rate since February 2023.

The number of first-time unemployment claims in the U.S. last week was 213,000, lower than expected and the previous value.

The UK's GDP unexpectedly grew in the fourth quarter, significantly cooling expectations for a Bank of England interest rate cut.

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio: Supported by wage growth, the economy is on the path to achieving sustainable inflation.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Hamas stated it will continue to implement the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

IEA monthly report: Downgraded the forecast for oil supply surplus in 2025 due to demand and other reasons.

After the emergence of GPT-5, DeepSeek has also pressured the delayed Grok 3.

Baidu's U.S. stock pre-market rose about 4.5%, reporting that Apple continues to collaborate with Baidu to develop AI features for Chinese iPhone users.

The "marriage" is truly over! Honda and Nissan officially announced the abandonment of merger talks and committed to continuing cooperation.

In pre-market trading, AppLovin rose over 27%, the Russian MOEX index surged 5%, the U.S. dollar index briefly rose about 20 points, and European natural gas futures recorded the largest decline in a year.

The Nikkei 225 index closed up 1.3%, the Shanghai Composite Index closed down 0.42%, and the Hang Seng Index closed down 0.87%