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SYMBOL LAST CHANGE % HIGH LOW DOW JONES – US 33,561.80 -56.88 -0.17% 33,656.40 33,509.70 NASDAQ – US 12,179.50 +0.00 +0.00% 12,216.10 12,174.10 S&P 500 – US 4,119.17 -18.95 -0.46% 4,130.35 4,116.65 RUSSELL 2000 – US 1,749.68 -4.79 -0.27% 1,756.09 1,737.70 S&P TSX – CANADA 20,585.70 +0.58 +0.00% 20,599.00 20,455.50 IPC – MEXICO 55,452.70 +419.61 +0.76% 55,497.80 54,899.40 FTSE – UK 7,750.80 -13.29 -0.17% 7,778.98 7,750.37 CAC 40 – FRANCE 7,373.77 -23.40 -0.32% 7,416.32 7,373.20 DAX 40 – GERMANY 15,886.20 -69.32 -0.43% 15,980.80 15,884.00 FTSE MIB – ITALY 27,325.70 -57.80 -0.21% 27,476.40 27,324.70 MICEX – RUSSIA 2,524.31 -3.28 -0.13% 2,535.03 2,483.79 NIKKEI 225 – JAPAN 29,122.20 -120.64 -0.41% 29,195.20 29,070.10 SHANGHAI COMPOSITE – CHINA 3,319.15 -38.52 -1.15% 3,349.72 3,305.25 HANG SENG – HONG KONG 19,776.90 -90.64 -0.46% 19,880.00 19,696.60 NIFTY 50 – INDIA 18,249.10 -16.90 -0.09% 18,323.20 18,211.90 KOSPI – KOREA 2,496.51 -13.55 -0.54% 2,510.13 2,488.42 25.01.2024 7 MARKETS International Markets Global Indices Trading Date: 24 January 2024 FTSE 100 Daily Price Chart DAX 40 Daily Price Chart LIQUEFIED natural gas imports in Japan, one of the world's top LNG buyers, slumped in 2023 to the lowest level in 14 years, after falling by 8% compared to 2022, official Japanese data showed on Wednesday. Last year, Japan imported 66.15 million metric tons of LNG, down by 8.1% year-on-year and the lowest import volumes since 2009, according to provisional data from the Japanese Ministry of Finance. The value of the imports in Japanese yens slumped by 22.6% last year, amid lower imports and a decline in spot LNG prices, especially at the end of 2023, com- pared to the records seen in 2022 and early 2023. Japan's LNG imports jumped by 33.6% in volumes from the United States, while purchases from other Asian countries, the Middle East, and Russia fell, ac- cording to the ministry data. Japan, which was the world's top buyer of LNG, was ousted by China from that spot in 2023. In recent years, Japan has restarted several nuclear power plants and has boosted renewable electricity generation, which allowed it to import lower volumes of LNG than a decade ago. According to estimates, Japan's annual LNG imports hit a record high of 88.5 million tons in 2014. Asian demand for LNG has rebounded this winter season, following weaker-than-expected import de- mand in the 2022/2023 season, while gas inventories in the region are relatively high. This would help the biggest Asian buyers, China, Japan, and South Korea, weather global LNG supply risks this heating season, analysts say. Japan's LNG imports were estimated to have jumped in December 2023 to the highest level since January 2023. Despite the surge in LNG imports, Asia's spot LNG prices continue to drop, falling below the threshold of $10 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) last week, for the first time in nearly eight months, per in- dustry sources. Japan's LNG imports drop to 14-Year low In 2023, Japan imported 66.15 million metric tons of LNG