EUR/USD
1.17714
-0.007%
Gold
4332.46
0.006%
Oil
57.617
-0.137%
USD/JPY
156.070
0.023%
GBP/USD
1.35083
-0.038%
GBP/JPY
210.832
-0.001%
Real-time News
1. The WTI crude oil futures contract closed up 1.92% at $57.83 per barrel; the Brent crude oil futures contract rose 1.66% to $61.24 per barrel. Geopolitical tensions disrupted global energy markets. Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine failed to achieve a breakthrough, while Kazakhstans December crude oil production fell by about 6% due to Ukrainian drone attacks disrupting exports, exacerbating market concerns about supply and pushing oil prices higher. 2. Most London base metals fell. LME lead rose 0.73% to $2009.0 per tonne, LME copper rose 0.21% to $12187.5 per tonne, LME nickel fell 0.16% to $15760.0 per tonne, LME zinc fell 0.21% to $3084.0 per tonne, LME aluminum fell 0.34% to $2950.5 per tonne, and LME tin fell 6.55% to $40010.0 per tonne. 3. On Monday, spot silver broke through the $80/ounce mark for the first time in early Asian trading, quickly surging to near $84, a gain of nearly 6%. However, the market then reversed course sharply, with the price falling by more than 11% at one point during the New York session. The silver plunge dragged down other precious metals, with spot palladium plummeting by as much as 17%, spot platinum falling by 15%, and spot gold falling by more than 5%. Domestically, platinum and palladium both hit their daily limit down; Shanghai silver plunged at the end of the session, erasing all of its intraday 10% gains, and further fell by 8.74% in the night session; Shanghai gold closed down nearly 1%, and further fell by 4% in the night session. COMEX gold futures closed down 4.45% at $4350.2/ounce, and COMEX silver futures closed down 7.2% at $71.64/ounce. 4. Domestic futures contracts showed mixed performance, with asphalt, methanol, and low-sulfur fuel oil rising by more than 1%, while coated paper, corn, iron ore, soybean meal, and coking coal saw slight increases. In terms of declines, pulp, benzene, BR rubber, and TSR20 rubber all fell by more than 1%, while PVC, caustic soda, and rubber saw slight decreases. 5. US Treasury yields fell across the board: the 2-year Treasury yield fell 2.45 basis points to 3.450%, the 3-year Treasury yield fell 2.52 basis points to 3.502%, the 5-year Treasury yield fell 3.11 basis points to 3.663%, the 10-year Treasury yield fell 1.95 basis points to 4.108%, and the 30-year Treasury yield fell 2.02 basis points to 4.797%. 6. All three major US stock indexes closed lower: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.51% to 48,461.93 points, the S&P 500 fell 0.35% to 6,905.74 points, and the Nasdaq Composite fell 0.5% to 23,474.35 points. Goldman Sachs and American Express fell by more than 1%, leading the Dow Jones decline. Profit-taking put pressure on AI-related stocks, with the Wind US Tech Giants Index falling 0.6%, Tesla down over 3%, and Nvidia down over 1%. Most Chinese concept stocks declined, with Dingdong Maicai falling over 7% and Silvercorp Metals & Mining down nearly 7%. European stock indices closed mixed: the German DAX rose 0.05% to 24351.12 points, the French CAC40 rose 0.1% to 8112.02 points, and the UK FTSE 100 fell 0.04% to 9866.53 points. A weaker pound and the Bank of England maintaining a high interest rate of 3.75% weighed on the UK stock market, while a recovery in the Eurozone services PMI supported the German and French stock markets.Ukrainian President Zelensky: The meeting with US President Trump was productive.Faraday Future plans to change its name to Faraday Future Artificial Intelligence Electric Vehicle Company, and will hold a special meeting on February 13th next year.ALEXANDR WANG, Chief AI Officer at Meta: We are pleased to announce that Manus AI has joined Meta to help us build AI products.On December 30th, general-purpose GPU company Tianshu Zhixin announced on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange that it plans to issue 25,431,800 H shares in its Hong Kong listing, priced at HK$144.60 per share. Trading of the H shares is expected to commence on January 8th next year.
