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WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% at $3.1820/million British heat.Economist: Pork price, temperature, incremental policies and other factors are expected to push up CPI. Looking forward to the next stage, Wen Bin, chief economist of China Minsheng Bank, predicts that the year-on-year increase of CPI may rebound. With the increase of meat demand in winter, the price of pork will rise seasonally. In addition, the further drop of temperature will affect the production, storage and transportation of fresh vegetables, fresh fruits and other products, which may push up food prices. The domestic package of incremental policies will continue to improve domestic demand and boost consumer confidence, which is expected to boost the core CPI. (Securities Daily)The price and quantity of LCD panels have stabilized. The penetration rate of OLED market is expected to further increase. Since the fourth quarter, LCD panels (including TV panels, display panels, notebook panels and flat panels) have shown a trend of price and quantity stabilization. On December 8, Shanghai Qunhui Huashang Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. released a report showing that the market demand brought by the "national subsidy" policy and the domestic and international promotion activities recovered better than expected, prompting the price of TV panels of all sizes to stop falling and stabilize in November. In addition, the prices of flat panels, monitors and notebook panels remain unchanged. Talking about the reasons why panel prices have stopped falling and stabilized recently, the researchers said that from the supply-side analysis, panel factories actively regulated the production rate of production lines, and capacity regulation brought supply and demand back to a balanced state again, thus slowing down the downward pressure on panel prices; On the demand side, although this year's trade-in policy is coming to an end, it is generally believed in the industry that the relevant subsidy policy is expected to be extended next year. In addition, combined with the positive factors such as overseas "Black Five" stocking, China's Spring Festival consumption boom, China's active listing of new energy-efficient models, and the hot sale of large-size high-end products, the panel market demand is expected to pick up.

At the end of the year, banks intensively sold certificates of deposit at the highest interest rate of 3%. Near the end of the year, many small and medium-sized banks began to sell certificates of deposit, and the annualized interest rates of some three-year and five-year certificates of deposit could reach more than 2%, even as high as 3%. At the same time, some banks have "raised the deposit interest rate against the trend" to attract depositors. The industry believes that near the end of the year, although some small and medium-sized banks raised deposit interest rates, on the whole, the downward trend of deposit interest rates is a general trend, and there is still room for downward trend in the future. (Securities Daily)The US dollar index rose on the 9th. The US dollar index, which measures the US dollar against six major currencies, rose by 0.09% that day and closed at 106.147 in the foreign exchange market. As of the end of the new york foreign exchange market, 1 euro was exchanged for 1.0555 US dollars, which was the same as the previous trading day; One pound was exchanged for $1.2753, higher than $1.2735 in the previous trading day. One dollar was exchanged for 151.24 yen, higher than 149.97 yen in the previous trading day; One dollar was exchanged for 0.8787 Swiss francs, which was lower than 0.8789 Swiss francs in the previous trading day; 1 dollar to 1.4159 Canadian dollars, the same as the previous trading day; One dollar was exchanged for SEK 10.9181, down from SEK 10.9459 in the previous trading day.Ghana Election Commission announced that Mahama won the presidential election, and Ghana Election Commission announced on the 9th that former President john dramani mahama, the presidential candidate of national democratic congress in Ghana, won the 2024 presidential election. At a news conference that night, Chairman of Ghana Election Commission Mensa said that Mahama won 56.55% of the votes in 267 constituencies where the counting results had been announced, and its main rival, the incumbent Vice President Mahamoudou Bawumia, won 41.61% of the votes, ranking second. Even if Bawumia won all valid votes in the remaining nine constituencies, it would not change the election results, and Mahama won the presidential election.

OpenAI CEO Altman: I hope to provide OpenAI products in Europe.UNH.N responded that the suspect in the case that the CEO of insurance business was shot was arrested: the company will continue to cooperate with the investigation of law enforcement agencies. I hope the latest development can comfort the families of the deceased.The co-founder of OpenAI expressed his hope to provide products in Europe, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, posted on social media X that he hoped to provide the company's products in Europe. "We want to provide our products in Europe ... we must also abide by the regulations," Altman said on X. Altman also said in the post that the release of European products may be delayed and some services may not be available.