Morgan Stanley's trading and sales volumes for both fixed income (FIC) and equities significantly exceeded expectations in the recent quarter.

Morgan Stanley reported a record quarter for earnings.

The Knesset recently passed a budget projected to increase Israel's deficit to over 5% of GDP.

The Bank of Israel conducted two consecutive interest rate cuts, with the second cut in January bringing the policy rate to 4%.

Goldman Sachs built $315 million in provisions for credit loan losses in the latest quarter.

Analysts predict that within the next few weeks, Iran will be forced to shut in oil wells due to the ongoing blockade, which could cause serious damage to its production infrastructure.

According to data from the Atlantic Council, the volume of cross-border payments transacted in Chinese Renminbi has increased significantly over the past six weeks.