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Market news: Ukraine and the United States sign a memorandum of understanding on minerals.

Fitch: The Federal Reserve is not expected to cut interest rates until the fourth quarter of 2025.

The dollar index, which measures the greenback against major currencies, fell 0.01 percent on the day to close at 99.375 in late foreign exchange trading.

The three major U.S. stock indexes closed mixed, with the Dow down 1.31 percent, the Nasdaq down 0.13 percent, and the S & P 500 up 0.13 percent.

According to sources familiar with the matter, crypto exchange Kraken has laid off hundreds of employees across its various business units in the past few months.

According to the Wall Street Journal, according to people familiar with the matter, President Trump has been privately discussing firing Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell for several months, but he has not yet made a final decision on whether to oust him before the end of his term next year. During the meeting at Mar-a-Lago, Trump discussed with former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh the possibility of firing Powell before the end of his term and possibly choosing Warsh to replace h...

The dollar index DXY fell 10 points in the short term and is now trading at 99.39.

US President Donald Trump said on April 17 local time that he would "hear from the Russian side" "this week" on the US proposal for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. Trump said that the United States will receive news from Russia "soon" and that the United States wants the conflict between Russia and Ukraine to stop. It is reported that US Secretary of State Rubio and Middle East special envoy Witkov held a meeting with Ukrainian officials in Paris on the same day.

SpaceX, the space exploration company, has no plans to bid for the "Golden Dome", the US's next-generation space-based missile defence project, Mr. Musk said.

US President Trump: Interest rates should come down now. Think Federal Reserve Chairperson Jerome Powell will cut rates at some point. Powell will face a lot of political pressure. Interest rates are pretty flat right now, but they should be better.

US stocks continued to climb, with the S & P 500 up 1%, the Nasdaq up 0.6%, and the Dow down 0.6%.

Asked by reporters on Thursday after a barrage of insults against Federal Reserve chairperson Jerome Powell, US president Donald Trump declined to say he regretted nominating him for the job. "I think he's terrible, but I can't complain," Mr. Trump said, noting that the economy had been strong during his first term. Mr. Trump went on to complain about Mr. Powell, saying he thought the Fed chairperson was "playing politics" and that he was "a guy I never liked very much".