Kremlin says Washington is continuing to mediate a peaceful resolution to the Ukraine conflict; Moscow attaches high importance to the effort.

Iranian foreign minister Araghchi condemned President Macron after Macron blamed rising living costs on the current war, saying France's protests 'represent the country's future'. Araghchi published a clip of Macron's speech and a January message Macron sent to Trump saying 'we can do a lot on Iran', and accused Macron of assuring the US president he 'welcomed violence against Iranians', calling that 'digging his own grave'. He added it is too late to blame the war — which he said Macron and his allies have stoked — for higher living costs and urged Macron to 'listen to France's future'.

現貨黃金短線拉昇逾10美元，至4183.3美元/盎司；現貨白銀短線拉昇近0.3美元，日內漲幅逾1%。