Jon Gray, President of Blackstone Group: The US market and economy are in a "sweet spot" state.The capital market anchors scientific and technological innovation to empower the development of new quality productive forces. The the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 emphasized that scientific and technological innovation should lead the development of new quality productive forces and build a modern industrial system. With the new "National Nine Articles" and the "1+N" policy of the capital market, the capital market has become one of the main positions to support the development of new quality productive forces. In particular, the capital market supports listed companies to use refinancing, mergers and acquisitions, equity incentives and other tools to increase investment in scientific and technological research and development, constantly overcome technical difficulties, and enhance the toughness and competitiveness of the industrial chain. A number of interviewees said that in the future, the capital market will further guide capital to gather in the field of new quality productivity, give full play to the function of resource allocation, support scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and enhance the ability of the capital market to serve scientific and technological innovation and the development of new quality productivity. (Securities Daily)Kuwait priced the oil sold to Asia in January at the parity level with Oman/Dubai.
More than 40 illegal immigrants have disappeared off the coast of Italy. No missing persons have been found yet. An Italian rescue organization said on the 11th local time that an 11-year-old girl was rescued in the waters near Lampedusa in the early morning. She said that her illegal immigrant boat had capsized and more than 40 people on board fell into the water. The Italian Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue operation, but no wreckage or missing persons have been found yet. (CCTV)Market information: US President-elect Trump plans to go to the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to ring the bell for the opening of US stocks.Kuwait priced the oil sold to Asia in January at the parity level with Oman/Dubai.
The Israeli army attacked many places in northern and central Gaza, causing many deaths and injuries. On the 11th local time, it was learned from the Palestinian side that the Israeli army burned dozens of houses in Gebali Ye refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip and blew up several residential buildings in Beitlahia area in the northern Gaza Strip. In Deir al-Balah, the central part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli attacks have killed one person and injured many others. In the afternoon, Israeli troops also attacked a house in the Za Vaida area in the middle of the zone, killing one child and seriously injuring many others. In addition, the Nuseilet area in the central part of the Gaza Strip was also bombed by the Israeli army. At present, 4 people have been killed and 16 injured. (CCTV)Market According to DownDetector, a network condition monitoring website, a user reported that Facebook and Instagram of Meta Platforms, Zuckerberg's "Metauniverse Company", had many failures.On Wednesday (December 11th), the overnight reverse repurchase agreements (RRP) of the Federal Reserve was 180.120 billion US dollars, compared with 174.842 billion US dollars in the last trading daily.