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USD/CAD of USD/CAD once rose by 0.2%, hitting a four-and-a-half-year high of 1.4244.Important figures of the South Korean police were detained, and Zhao Zhihao, director of the South Korean Police Department, and Kim Fung-sik, director of the Seoul Police Department, were detained on the evening of 13th. It is reported that the Seoul Central District Court said that Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi had the possibility of destroying evidence, so they issued detention orders. According to South Korean police investigation, the two men concealed the fact that they had met with President Yin Xiyue before martial law. South Korean police arrested Zhao Zhihao and Jin Fengzhi on suspicion of civil strife in the early morning of 11th. According to Korean law, after the police urgently arrest the suspect, if there is no detention order, they must release him within 48 hours.Kaitou Macro: There is no end in sight for the industrial difficulties in the euro zone. Jack Allen-Reynolds, a macro economist at Kaitou, said in a report that the stagnation of industrial production in the euro zone in October shows that its industrial sector is still weak and will continue to struggle. In fact, he said, without Ireland's data, the G-20' s constant production data would look much worse, or it would drop by 0.5% month-on-month, while Ireland's data is notoriously unstable. Allen-Reynolds said that the output in October excluding Ireland decreased by 2.8% compared with the same period of last year, which was 18% lower than the output level of energy-intensive industries before the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He said that automobile production is 17% lower than the pre-epidemic level. Although the production performance of other industries is not so bad, the latest survey shows that the overall industrial production continues to decline.

The main contract of Shanghai Nickel fell by 2.00% in the day, and it is now reported at 126,700.00 yuan/ton.Institution: The European Central Bank is paying attention to the weakness of the euro. The European Central Bank said yesterday that inflation is slowing down and hinted that it will cut interest rates again. However, Joost Van Leenders, an analyst at Van Lanschot kemen, said in a report that the European Central Bank will pay close attention to the recent weakness of the euro. As the import price rises, a weak currency may push up inflation. The senior investment strategist said that since the current deposit interest rate in the euro zone is 3% and the neutral interest rate is around 2%, the European Central Bank will cut interest rates at least four times. However, European Central Bank President Lagarde stressed that the inflation risk is two-sided.Market News: Riot Blockchain(RIOT.O) acquired 5,117 bitcoins for $510 million.

Domestic black futures closed down at night, domestic commodity futures closed mixed at night, and the performance of energy and chemical products was divided. Crude oil rose by 0.83%, fuel oil rose by 0.69%, PTA rose by 0.29%, glass fell by 4.03%, soda ash fell by 2.73% and LPG fell by 1.28%. Black series fell across the board, coking coal fell by 2.05%, coke by 1.97%, rebar by 0.5%, hot rolled coil by 0.43%, iron ore by 0.19% and thermal coal by 0%. Most agricultural products fell, including beans by 1.01%, sugar by 0.9%, Zheng Mian by 0.62%, cotton yarn by 0.58% and rapeseed meal by 0.53%.Minister of Economy of Slovakia: From next week, we will hold a series of negotiations on natural gas supply, including with EU partners and Ukraine.Jiangxi released a typical case of private equity funds serving the real economy. In recent years, private equity investment institutions have condensed long-term innovative capital and continuously empowered high-quality development. On December 13th, Wan Liangshun, deputy director of the Financial Office of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee and deputy director of the Provincial Local Financial Administration Bureau, released ten cases of private equity funds serving Jiangxi real economy at the 2024 Yangtze River Economic Belt (Gongqingcheng) Fund Innovation and Development Conference held in Gongqingcheng, Jiangxi. Wan Liangshun introduced that Jiangxi attaches great importance to the development of the private equity industry and clearly requires strengthening guidance to give full play to the role of private equity investment in promoting development. There are 1493 private equity funds in Jiangxi, with an investment of 186.175 billion yuan. Private equity funds have become an important force to attract external capital, help industrial transformation and serve local economy, and the province's fund innovation and development have achieved remarkable results. (SSE)