African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.Boeing 737 resumed production and its delivery hit a four-year low. Boeing said that it delivered 13 commercial aircraft in November, a four-year low, and all the delivered aircraft came from inventory. After a 53-day strike, Boeing's 737 aircraft production line in Renton, south of Seattle, Washington, USA, fully resumed production.The suspect in the murder case of CEO of United Health Insurance will receive an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.
The first 10,000-meter tunnel of Xikang High-speed Railway was completed. The Huajiashan Tunnel of Xikang High-speed Railway, which was built by Shaanxi Company of Xicheng Passenger Dedicated Railway, designed by Tieyi Hospital and built by China Railway 19th Bureau, was successfully completed on the 11th. This is the first 10,000-meter tunnel of Xikang High-speed Railway, marking the phased progress of the entire control project of Xikang High-speed Railway. Up to now, 10 Xikang high-speed railway tunnels have been run through, and the tunnel project has completed 95% of the total design, laying a solid foundation for the next step of ballastless ballast bed construction. (Zhongxin. com)The Singapore Straits Times Index fell 0.5% to 3,792.82.HKEx: On December 10th, Standard Chartered Bank repurchased 546,284 shares for 5.4 million pounds in other transactions.
ANZ: The market expects the Federal Reserve to cut interest rates and demand for safe haven to boost the price of gold. Before the release of US consumer price index data, gold futures rose by 0.3% to $2,725.60 per ounce. ANZ research analysts said that the market is ready for the US consumer price index data released on Wednesday, which is expected to show the path of the Fed's interest rate cut in December. Although the market expects the possibility of interest rate cuts to be about 90%, any sign in the data that shakes the path of interest rate cuts may adversely affect interest-free gold assets. Analysts added that in the case of geopolitical tensions, the demand for safe haven also boosted the price of precious metals.Goldman Sachs believes that there will be more large-scale strategic transactions in 2025. Dennis Coleman, chief financial officer of Goldman Sachs, said on Tuesday that it is expected that the company's "strategic" transactions will accelerate in 2025, including large-scale mergers and acquisitions. He said: "The intensity of our dialogue with customers is accelerating, and some aspects of the overall strategic activities are becoming more obvious. The confidence of the CEO and customers will certainly increase, and they think there may be more and larger transactions and more strategic activities. "The Turkish President discussed the situation in Syria by telephone with the Italian Prime Minister and the President of the European Commission. On December 10th, local time, the Information Bureau of the Turkish Presidential Office announced that President Erdogan had telephoned Italian Prime Minister meloni and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the same day to discuss the current situation in Syria. In a telephone conversation with meloni, Erdogan once again stressed the importance of safeguarding Syria's sovereignty and territorial integrity and social stability, and said that the Israeli aggression against Syria this time will not help Syria's stability. In addition, Erdogan pointed out that terrorists in Syria must be eliminated. In a telephone conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Erdogan said that Turkey will continue to provide strong support to the Syrian people in the future to eliminate terrorists in Syria, ensure their unity and protect their territorial integrity.