McCarthy, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives: Regulators have the tools to deal with the Silicon Valley Bank situation. Silicon Valley Bank is attractive to any potential buyer. I hope the United States can announce the Silicon Valley Bank’s solution today.

[U.S. bank stock index fell more than 11%] The Philadelphia Stock Exchange KBW Bank Index fell more than 11%, Charles Schwab, Alliance Western Bank, and First Republic Bank all hit circuit breakers, and Westpac Bank fell more than 40%.

At the beginning of the U.S. stock market, industry ETFs generally rose, regional bank ETFs rose by nearly 10%, banking ETFs rose by more than 7%, and financial industry and Internet stock index ETFs rose by more than 2%.

WTI crude oil's intraday decline extended to more than 4% to below $68.00 a barrel; Brent crude oil fell nearly 4% to $74.33 a barrel, the lowest level since 2021.

The Philadelphia Bank Index rose to 4%, and regional bank stocks generally rose. WAL rose more than 23.3%, First Republic Bank (FRC) rose about 22.0%, PACW rose about 18.3%, CMA rose 11.8%, and ZION rose more than 10.1%.

The Swiss stock price of Credit Suisse Group (CSGN.SW) initially closed down 8.09% at 1.857 Swiss francs, a cumulative drop of 25.58% this week.

According to the New York Times, First Republic plans to raise funds through a private placement of shares, and the company is considering issuing new shares to raise funds. First Republic Bank (FRC) fell 4% after hours.

Today, U.S. stock futures opened higher and moved higher. The S&P 500 stock index futures rose more than 0.5%, the Nasdaq futures rose nearly 0.6%, and the Dow futures rose 0.58%. Spot gold fell after a brief rise, and WTI crude oil rose 0.6%.

Most U.S. bank stocks rebounded before the market, Westpac Bank rose more than 18%, Alliance Western Bank rose more than 10%, U.S. Bank rose more than 5%; First Republic Bank still fell more than 18%, Credit Suisse still fell fell more than 56%

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The U.S. Treasury Department auctioned 43 billion U.S. dollars in five-year treasury bonds, with a bid rate of 3.665% (4.109% on February 22, the highest since October 2022), and a bid multiple of 2.48 (the previous time was 2.48).

At the end of the European market on Thursday (March 30), the "milling wheat" futures on EuroNext in Paris fell 1.12% to 264.50 euros/ton. Rapeseed futures fell 2.50% to 467.50 euros/ton.

Many countries have announced the implementation of voluntary oil production cuts, and Saudi Arabia and Russia will voluntarily cut production by 500,000 barrels per day until the end of 2023; the US oil futures contract in May opened in Asia on Monday and rose by about 7%.

Alliance Western Bank (WAL) fell to about 15%, refreshing the low since March 20 to $28.36. Investors believed that the updated financial information of the US regional bank lacked deposit details.

At the beginning of the U.S. stock market, the Dow fell 0.1%, the S&P 500 fell 0.2%, and the Nasdaq fell 0.4%. AMC theaters rose nearly 8%, and Virgin Orbit rose nearly 5%.

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Bostic, President of the Atlanta Fed (2024 FOMC vote committee): US inflation is too high, and the Fed must bring it down to 2%. The imbalance between supply and demand began to ease.

The after-hours decline of First Republic Bank's U.S. stocks expanded to 16.25%. The company said that the CRE portfolio accounted for 6% of the overall loans.

In late New York trading on Wednesday (April 26), the U.S. 10-year benchmark Treasury yield rose 3.95 basis points to 3.4391%, trading in the range of 3.3733%-3.4541%.