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China Securities Association: Let the margin financing and securities lending business truly become a powerful tool to serve the people's wealth growth and promote the healthy development of the capital market. On December 6, 2024, China Securities Association held a plenary meeting of the professional committee on margin financing and securities lending business in Chongqing. The meeting emphasized that industry organizations should give full play to the functional role of margin financing and securities lending business, strictly implement relevant regulatory requirements, optimize business processes, improve institutional systems, provide quality services to customers, always bear in mind the people-oriented principle, and put the protection of investors' legitimate rights and interests at the core, so that margin financing and securities lending business can truly become a powerful tool to serve the wealth growth of the people and promote the healthy development of the capital market. The meeting summarized the key work of the Committee in 2024 and discussed the work plan for the next stage. In the next step, the Committee will further play a professional and "handle affairs, discuss and communicate" platform role to jointly promote the high-quality development of margin trading and securities lending business.Pimco and Fidelity believe that the economic outlook in the euro zone is weak, and the European Central Bank has cut interest rates by more than market expectations. Investors such as Pimco and Fidelity International believe that the economic outlook in Europe is bleak, which may force policymakers to cut interest rates by more than market expectations. The latest market pricing shows that the European Central Bank is expected to cut its key interest rate to 1.75% next year. The bank cut interest rates for the third time in a row on Thursday, to 3%. However, Fidelity said that the borrowing cost may be further reduced to 1.5%, and Pimco also believed that there was a risk of a larger interest rate cut. Further repricing may aggravate the rise of European bonds, which have outperformed the US and UK bond markets in 2024. A Bloomberg index, which tracks the return of euro bonds, has risen by more than 3% this year, while the corresponding indexes of US bonds and British bonds have risen by 2% and fallen by 2% respectively. "Market expectations are still more hawkish than we expected," said Salman Ahmed, global head of macro and strategic asset allocation at Fidelity. "If downside risks become a reality, then the European Central Bank may cut interest rates further."Blinken asked Turkey to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement, and US Secretary of State Blinken asked Turkey to use its relations with Hamas to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement. Blinken said that during his talks with the Turkish President and Turkish Foreign Minister, he discussed the necessity of Hamas saying "yes" to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Blinken said: "We talked about the need for Hamas to agree to the (Gaza) agreement, which may eventually help end the war."

Indian market regulator: issue a draft notice to solicit opinions from retail investors on algorithmic trading. Algorithm trading should be provided by securities brokers and approved by the stock exchange.Blinken asked Turkey to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement, and US Secretary of State Blinken asked Turkey to use its relations with Hamas to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement. Blinken said that during his talks with the Turkish President and Turkish Foreign Minister, he discussed the necessity of Hamas saying "yes" to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Blinken said: "We talked about the need for Hamas to agree to the (Gaza) agreement, which may eventually help end the war."According to the weekly comprehensive price quotation and transaction information of the national carbon market, the comprehensive price quotation of the national carbon market this week is: the highest price is 102.03 yuan/ton, and the lowest price is 98.95 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 0.20% lower than last Friday. This week, the transaction volume of the listing agreement was 4,455,200 tons, with a turnover of 443,893,910.63 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 35,748,795 tons, with a turnover of 353,449,4051.32 yuan. This week, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota was 40,203,995 tons, with a total turnover of 397,877,961.95 yuan. From January 1 to December 13, 2024, the volume of carbon emission quota in the national carbon market was 169,736,665 tons, with a turnover of 162,864,7748.47 yuan. As of December 13, 2024, the cumulative turnover of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon market was 611,359,276 tons, with a cumulative turnover of 412,056,282,67.75 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)

The retail price of refined oil may end up stranded. According to calculation, as of the seventh working day on December 13th, the average price of reference crude oil varieties was 70.58 USD/barrel, with a change rate of -0.87%, and the corresponding domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel should be lowered by 40 yuan/ton. At 24: 00 on December 18th, it is the last price adjustment window of the retail price in 2024, so the retail price is likely to end stranded. By December 13th, 2024, the domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel had experienced "9 up, 9 down and 6 stranded". After the fluctuation offset, gasoline and diesel (standard products) were reduced by 115 yuan/ton and 125 yuan/ton respectively. (Jin Lianchuang)Market news: Israel said that the IDF will stay on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon for several months.According to the weekly comprehensive price quotation and transaction information of the national carbon market, the comprehensive price quotation of the national carbon market this week is: the highest price is 102.03 yuan/ton, and the lowest price is 98.95 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 0.20% lower than last Friday. This week, the transaction volume of the listing agreement was 4,455,200 tons, with a turnover of 443,893,910.63 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 35,748,795 tons, with a turnover of 353,449,4051.32 yuan. This week, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota was 40,203,995 tons, with a total turnover of 397,877,961.95 yuan. From January 1 to December 13, 2024, the volume of carbon emission quota in the national carbon market was 169,736,665 tons, with a turnover of 162,864,7748.47 yuan. As of December 13, 2024, the cumulative turnover of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon market was 611,359,276 tons, with a cumulative turnover of 412,056,282,67.75 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)