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STOXX Europe 600 Index rose by 0.25% after the US CPI data was released.German Chancellor Angela Scholz called for a vote of confidence to pave the way for the February 23rd election.Ethereum rose to 5% to $3,750; Bitcoin rose 3.4%, approaching $99,000.

The yield of US 10-year Treasury bonds fell by 1.75 basis points, reaching a daily low of 4.2069% after the release of US CPI inflation data, and a daily high of 4.2496% 10 minutes before the release of data at 21:30 Beijing time. The yield of two-year US bonds reached a new low of 4.1032%, with the current decline exceeding 3.3 basis points, and it also reached a new high of 4.1741% at 21:17.OPEC Monthly Report: The recent steady economic growth trend is still continuing. The OPEC Monthly Report points out that in recent months, the steady economic growth trend is still continuing, especially in the United States, Brazil and Russia. In addition, China's stimulus measures and India's sustained growth momentum have contributed to supporting global economic growth. With these developments, the global economic growth in 2024 is expected to be 3.1%. The strong economic growth momentum is expected to continue until 2025 and is expected to reach 3.0%. However, the healthy growth observed in the United States during 2024 is expected to slow down slightly in 2025. However, the current growth forecast may be affected by the potential new policy measures being discussed by the incoming US government, such as trade tariffs, which will also affect the growth of US trading partner economies. In the euro zone, the recovery will continue gradually in the third quarter of 2024, but the improvement in the fourth quarter and 2025 is expected to be limited. Japan is expected to rebound in the second half of 2024 and continue until 2025, after a challenging period.Macy's fell 8.2% before the market, and the company lowered its profit outlook after discovering accounting errors.

The cash management of raised funds is not standardized, and AsiaInfo's timely financial director was given a regulatory warning by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The Shanghai Stock Exchange announced on December 11 that it gave a regulatory warning to AsiaInfo's timely financial director Tang Xugu. After the expiration of the term of cash management of raised funds reviewed and approved by the board of directors of the company, the corresponding review and information disclosure procedures were not fulfilled in time, and the cash management of raised funds was not standardized, which violated relevant regulations.Treasury yields fell, while the Bloomberg dollar spot index erased gains.COSCO Shipping once again won the bid for Qatar Energy Project. On December 11th, according to the official news of COSCO Shipping, the awarding ceremony of six QC-MAX 271,000-square-meter super-large LNG carriers for Qatar Energy Project was held at the Doha headquarters of Qatar Energy Company. Shanghai COSCO Shipping LNG, a subsidiary of COSCO Shipping Energy, and Mitsui, a merchant ship, jointly won the bid. Previously, in 2022, the two parties jointly won the bid for seven 174,000-square-meter LNG carriers of the project for the first time.