--- title: "Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday" type: "News" locale: "en" url: "https://longbridge.com/en/news/279950572.md" description: "Federal Reserve Governor Waller stated that he would advocate for interest rate cuts if employment weakens, while ECB officials hinted at a possible rate hike in April. The yield on UK 10-year government bonds reached a new high since 2008, with the market expecting the central bank to raise rates three times this year. The IEA stated that it would take six months for oil and gas supplies from the Gulf to recover, as the world faces a severe energy crisis. Samsung is negotiating with Google and Microsoft for memory chips, with prepayments exceeding $10 billion. Tesla plans to purchase 20 billion yuan worth of photovoltaic equipment from China, and XPeng achieved quarterly profitability for the first time, with revenue growth of 38%. The Japanese stock market is closed, the Shanghai Composite Index fell by 1.24%, and the Hang Seng Index dropped by 2.48%" datetime: "2026-03-20T13:17:18.000Z" locales: - [zh-CN](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/279950572.md) - [en](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279950572.md) - [zh-HK](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/279950572.md) --- > Supported Languages: [简体中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-CN/news/279950572.md) | [繁體中文](https://longbridge.com/zh-HK/news/279950572.md) # Global news you need to know before the U.S. stock market opens on Friday Federal Reserve Governor Waller: If employment weakens, he will advocate for interest rate cuts again later this year. ECB officials hint at rate hikes in April: If data deteriorates, action is inevitable. UK 10-year government bond yields reach the highest level since 2008, with the market expecting the Bank of England to raise rates three times this year. Report: Trump considers occupying or blockading Iran's Hark Island. IEA: Recovery of oil and gas supplies from the Persian Gulf may take six months, as the world faces the most severe energy crisis in history. Report: Samsung is negotiating long-term storage chip contracts with Google and Microsoft, with advance payments exceeding $10 billion. Tesla plans to purchase 20 billion yuan worth of photovoltaic equipment from China, with contract sizes at the gigawatt level. XPeng achieves quarterly profitability for the first time! Revenue in the fourth quarter grows by 38%. The Japanese stock market is closed today, with the Shanghai Composite Index down 1.24%; the Hang Seng Index down 2.48% ### Related Stocks - [GraniteShares 1.25x Long Tsla Daily ETF (TSL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSL.US.md) - [Simplify Volt TSLA Revolution ETF (TESL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TESL.US.md) - [Leverage Shares 2X Long TSLA Daily ETF (TSLG.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLG.US.md) - [Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJI.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.DJI.US.md) - [Dow Jones Utility Average (.DJU.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.DJU.US.md) - [Tesla, Inc. (TSLA.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLA.US.md) - [S&P 500 (.SPX.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/.SPX.US.md) - [Direxion Daily TSLA Bull 2X Shares (TSLL.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLL.US.md) - [Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/QQQ.US.md) - [T-REX 2X Long Tesla Daily Target ETF (TSLT.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/TSLT.US.md) - [XPeng Inc. (XPEV.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/XPEV.US.md) - [ProShares UltraShort Yen (YCS.US)](https://longbridge.com/en/quote/YCS.US.md) ## Related News & Research - [Musk found liable to Twitter shareholders in fraud lawsuit over $44 billion takeover, Bloomberg says](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279998260.md) - [Elon Musk Says SpaceX Will Beat 'Everyone Else Combined' In AI, Warns Non-AI Firms Risk Extinction](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279383442.md) - [U.S. commercial paper market shrinks in week-Fed](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279827159.md) - [Tesla Model Y L gets new entertainment feature](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279298211.md) - [Australia's Syrah, Tesla extend deadline to resolve alleged default in graphite supply deal](https://longbridge.com/en/news/279172614.md)