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Central Bank: On December 18th, 20 billion yuan of central bank bills will be issued. On December 18th, the People's Bank of China will issue the 12th issue of central bank bills in 2024 through the CMU bond bidding platform of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The 12th central bank bill has a maturity of 6 months (182 days), and is a fixed-rate interest-bearing bond, with a circulation of RMB 20 billion. The value date is December 20, 2024, and the maturity date is June 20, 2025, and the maturity date will be postponed in case of a holiday.Musk: Nothing is more beneficial to American health than "ultra-low-cost" diet pills. Musk advocates the use of diet pills to reduce American medical expenses. On December 11th, local time, Musk posted on social platform X that nothing can improve the health, longevity and quality of life of Americans better than very cheap GLP-1 drugs. He pointed out that most medical expenses occur at the end of life, and obesity is often an important factor leading to diseases. Therefore, popularizing GLP-1 drugs can save medical expenses on a long-term scale.Mercury Home Textiles invested in the establishment of an industrial company. The enterprise search APP shows that Shanghai Mercury Industrial Co., Ltd. was recently established, with the legal representative of Li Laibin and the registered capital of 3 million yuan. Its business scope includes: the production of second-class medical devices; Manufacturing of household textile products; Manufacturing of industrial textile products; Household goods sales; Sales of daily necessities; Clothing manufacturing; Clothing accessories manufacturing, etc. Enterprise equity penetration shows that the company is indirectly wholly owned by Mercury Home Textiles.

The main fuel oil contract rose by more than 3%, and it is now reported at 3158 yuan/ton.Large-scale consumer stocks were repeatedly active, such as Zhongbai Group, which continued to be active in early trading. Retail and food led the gains, while Zhongbai Group, Maoye Commercial, Youa Shares, Dashang Shares, Dongbai Group, Easyhome, Liangpin Shop, Li Ziyuan and other stocks were daily limit.The weighted share price index of Taiwan Stock Exchange rose 1.2% to 23,170.25 points.

The Hang Seng Index and Hang Seng Science and Technology Index both fell, while Meituan (03690.HK), Xpeng Motors (09868.HK) and JD.COM (09618.HK) all fell more than 2%.Russia said it would not make concessions on the Ukrainian issue and hoped to make contact with the US. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zacharova said at a regular press conference on the 11th local time that Russia would not make concessions on the Ukrainian issue in response to the negotiation proposal put forward by US President-elect Trump on the 8th, and hoped to make contact with the US, but so far it has not received any "serious suggestions" from the team of US President-elect Trump. Zacharova also said that the recent statement of Ukrainian President Zelensky showed that "achieving peace is not a priority for Ukraine". Zelensky reiterated a few days ago that Uzbekistan will not sign any kind of peace agreement without security guarantee.United Nations Report: The number of victims of human trafficking caused by poverty, conflict and climate change has surged. On December 11th, local time, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said in its latest report covering 156 countries that the number of victims of human trafficking in the world has risen again after the decline during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Global Trafficking in Persons Report 2024 shows that the number of victims increased by 25% from 2019 to 2022. Vulnerability caused by poverty, conflict and climate crisis has led to the exploitation of children and a sharp increase in forced labor cases.