Russian Defense Ministry: In the past week, the Russian army launched 15 cluster strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises and facilities. The Russian Defense Ministry said that in the past week, the Russian army launched 15 cluster strikes against Ukrainian military enterprises, Ukrainian military security energy facilities and Ukrainian military infrastructure including foreign mercenaries assembly sites.The yield of German 10-year government bonds is the biggest weekly increase since mid-April. The yield of German 10-year government bonds hit the highest level since November 25th, at 2.233%.The main contract of Shanghai Nickel fell by 2.00% in the day, and it is now reported at 126,700.00 yuan/ton.
Countering the price limit of Western countries, Putin extended the oil supply ban. On the 13th, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a presidential decree, announcing the extension of the counter-measures to set price ceilings for Russian oil and oil products until June 30, 2025. Putin signed a presidential decree on December 27, 2022, demanding that the supply of Russian petroleum and petroleum products to foreign legal persons and individuals who directly or indirectly use the price ceiling mechanism in their contracts be prohibited. This presidential decree came into effect on February 1, 2023, and its validity period was extended several times. In early December, 2022, EU member states reached an agreement on setting a price ceiling of $60 per barrel for Russian seaborne oil exports. The Group of Seven and Australia announced that they would implement the same price limit policy as the EU. (Xinhua News Agency)Broadcom is developing customized AI chips with three large cloud customers. Broadcom's share price rose by more than 20% at the beginning, and its total market value rose to 1.02 trillion US dollars, ranking ninth in the US stock market. After the close of the US Eastern Time on Thursday, Broadcom announced a better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial report. Not only did the profit performance be better than expected, but Broadcom's artificial intelligence revenue more than tripled this year. Broadcom's AI revenue increased by 220% to US$ 12.2 billion this year. It is estimated that the revenue of AI products will increase by 65% in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2025. The CEO of Broadcom revealed that he is developing customized AI chips with three large cloud customers. It is estimated that each customer will deploy 1 million AI chips in 2027.The Baltic Sea Index fell for the fourth consecutive week due to the drop in freight rates of all ship sectors. According to the latest data, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) reported 1051 points on December 13, 2024, the lowest level since July 25, 2023, down 0.38% from the previous value, and fell for the fourth consecutive day. Among them, Panama-type freight index (BPI) reported 995 points, down 2.55% from the previous value, Cape-type freight index (BCI) reported 1263 points, up 0.88%, and super handy ship freight index (BSI) reported 959 points, down 0.21%. The Baltic Exchange's Dry Bulk Shipping Index, which is used to measure the freight of ships transporting dry bulk goods, fell for the fourth week in a row on Friday, because all ship sectors fell this week. The index, which takes into account the freight rates of Capesize, Panamax and Super Handy ships, fell 4 points to 1,051 points on Friday, the lowest level since the end of July 2023. The index fell by about 10% this week. Panama shipping freight index fell 26 points to 995 points. The index also fell this week. Panama-type ships usually carry 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain cargo, and their average daily income dropped by $231 to $8,955. Although the freight index of Cape ships rose by 11 points to 1,263 points on Friday, it still fell for the fourth consecutive week. Cape ships usually transport 150 thousand tons of goods, such as iron ore and coal, and their average daily income has increased by 92 dollars to 10,474 dollars. Iron ore futures fell, but closed higher this week. Among small vessels, the freight index of super handy vessels dropped by 2 points to 959 points, which also recorded a loss in Zhou Du.
Research institutions predict that Thailand's economy will grow by 2.4% in 2025. Thailand Kaitai Research Center released a report on the 13th, saying that it predicted that Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by 2.4% in 2025, slightly lower than the growth forecast of 2.5% in 2024. The Kaitai Research Center believes that the slowdown in Thailand's economic growth is mainly due to the weakening of tourism, and it is expected that Thailand's exports to the US market will slow down. (Zhongxin. com)Jintou Chengkai: The major asset restructuring plan was changed to asset sale, and Jintou Chengkai announced that in order to further optimize the company's asset structure, enhance profitability, reduce the debt level, improve efficiency, speed up the transaction process and reduce transaction costs, the company plans to transfer 46.33% equity of its shareholding subsidiary Huafugong Company. The original planned major asset restructuring includes the transfer of 90% equity of Huachi Company, 46.33% equity of Huafugong Company and 31.89% equity of Tianfang Property Company, which is expected to constitute a major asset restructuring. The adjusted plan is to transfer 46.33% equity of Huafugong Company to Tianjin Investment Capital, the controlling shareholder of the company, through a non-public agreement at a price of 233 million yuan. After the completion of this transaction, the company no longer holds the equity of Huafugong Company. This transaction constitutes a related party transaction, but it does not constitute a major asset reorganization, and it needs to be submitted to the company's shareholders' meeting for consideration.Helping to build a new model of real estate development, the General Administration of Financial Supervision deployed key tasks. The General Administration of Financial Supervision said today (13th) that efforts should be made to prevent risks, strengthen supervision and promote development, and promote the sustained recovery of the economy, so as to provide more powerful financial support for the comprehensive completion of economic and social development goals and tasks. Effectively prevent and resolve risks in key areas. Continuously improve the quality and efficiency of financial supervision. Better serve the real economy and pick up. Promote the high-quality development of the banking and insurance industries.