Russia lowered the tax rate of fertilizer export until the end of 2024.The European STOXX 600 index initially closed up 0.27% at 519.90 points. The euro zone STOXX 50 index initially closed up 0.16% at 4959.60 points. The FTSE Pan-European Excellent 300 Index initially closed up 0.26% at 2064.37 points.Russian Defense Ministry: Ukraine used American-made missiles to attack Russian military airports. On the 11th local time, the Russian Defense Ministry reported that Ukrainian armed forces used six American-made army tactical missiles to attack the military airport in Taganrog, Rostov State. The falling of missile fragments caused personal injury, but no other serious losses were caused. Russia will respond to this attack. (CCTV)
Spanish Foreign Minister: There are several red lines on the Syrian issue that must be put on the table immediately. The future of Syria must be peaceful. Human rights and the rights of ethnic minorities in Syria must be respected. We must act quickly.Mackler, Governor of the Bank of Canada: Canada has not experienced the typical widespread unemployment phenomenon during the recession for the time being. Most of the depreciation of the Canadian dollar is actually driven by the appreciation of the US dollar; The Canadian dollar has not changed much compared with other major currencies.Dollar deposits and wealth management are popular again, and experts such as CITIC Mingming have paid attention to exchange risk. Since December, many bank wealth management subsidiaries have intensively put on shelves dollar wealth management products. According to the statistics of Puyi standard data, as of December 9, there were 1,312 surviving products in US dollar financing, and the surviving scale of US dollar financing reached 281.927 billion yuan, which has doubled from the surviving scale of 140.351 billion yuan at the end of December last year. Although banks have previously lowered the interest rate of dollar deposit products, from the current point of view, the interest rate of some banks' dollar deposits remains above 4%, attracting many customers to buy. Judging from the rate of return, the performance benchmark of some US dollar fixed-income wealth management products currently launched is close to 5%, but the performance benchmark of RMB wealth management products with the same risk level is mostly around 2%.
Tesla rose to $415, the first intraday record high since the end of 2021. Tesla rose 3.5% to $415, surpassing the intraday record high of $414.4967 set on November 4, 2021.Spanish Foreign Minister: I understand Israel's concern about Syria. Everyone must show restraint at this moment. Anything Israel does should take into account the possibility of splitting or destabilizing Syria, and Hezbollah must continue its ceasefire.Trump's tariff risk is surging in the gold and silver market, new york futures premium is expanding, COMEX gold futures and COMEX silver futures premium are expanding, and traders weigh the possibility of including precious metals in the comprehensive tariff measures proposed by US President-elect Trump. At 21:24 Beijing time (within 10 minutes before the release of US CPI inflation data), the main contract of new york gold futures rose to 2759.70 nil/ounce, which was once 60 USD/ounce higher than the spot price; Silver futures are more than $1 an ounce, or 3%. "This is a pre-emptive panic pre-deployment before tariffs." Nicky Shiels, head of metal strategy at MKS Pamp SA, said. She said that banks and funds bought futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange and sold contracts in London, which promoted price fluctuations.