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China's Ambassador to Ukraine met with Ukrainian Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food to jointly promote the upgrading of agricultural cooperation. According to the website of the Embassy of China in Ukraine, on December 9, 2024, Ambassador Ma Shengkun met with Ukrainian Minister of Agricultural Policy and Food Covali, and Tcaciuc, Director of Ukrainian Food Safety and Consumer Protection Agency, attended the meeting. The two sides had an extensive and in-depth exchange of views on cooperation in agriculture and food. Ambassador Ma said that China-Ukraine agricultural cooperation has a long history, good foundation and broad prospects, which is an important aspect of bilateral economic and trade cooperation. China has always attached great importance to it and is willing to strengthen cooperation with Uzbekistan in the fields of policy communication and coordination, mutual access of agricultural products and agricultural technology cooperation, and jointly promote the upgrading and upgrading of agricultural cooperation between the two countries. Minister Covali said that China and Ukraine are strategic partners, and China is the most important agricultural trade partner of Ukraine. Uzbekistan attaches great importance to Sino-Ukrainian agricultural cooperation and is willing to strengthen communication with China, improve the level of trade and jointly promote the agricultural development of the two countries.The decline in the yield of major inter-bank interest rate bonds has expanded, and the decline in the yield of major inter-bank interest rate bonds has expanded. The yield of 10-year treasury bonds "24 interest-bearing treasury bonds 11" has dropped by 2.5bp to 1.88%, continuing to hit a record low; The yield of 30-year active bond "24 Special Bond 06" went down 3.5bp to 2.0750%.Galaxy Securities: Domestic policies may continue to increase, and metal prices are expected to go up. china galaxy Securities said that on the demand side, the domestic package of economic incremental policies played a significant role. In November, China's manufacturing PMI rose to 50.30%, which was in the expansion range for two consecutive months, and the expansion pace was slightly accelerated. The domestic central economic work conference is just around the corner, and it is expected to put forward more positive incremental policy instructions for the economy next year, continue to raise the expectation of macro-recovery, and benefit the rise of copper prices. In addition, the new non-agricultural data in November in the United States reflected that the negative impact of hurricanes and strikes dissipated, but the number of new jobs in the first two months was revised up and the unemployment rate rose, which made the market worry about weak employment. After the data was released, traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut in December. It is expected that the possibility of the Fed's interest rate cut in December will rise from 67% before the report was released to 85%, and now it has risen to 86%. However, China's central bank once again increased its holdings of gold by nearly 5 tons after half a year in November, indicating that the logic and willingness of global central banks to increase their holdings of gold are still there in the current geopolitical turmoil. The expected warming of interest rate cuts, the central bank's continued increase in gold holdings, and the recent short-term martial law in South Korea and the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine are expected to jointly support the price of gold.

Sources: The current Secretary-General of OPEC, Ghais, will be re-elected. Four representatives of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said that the organization will re-elect the current Secretary-General Haitham Al-Ghais for a three-year term at a virtual meeting on December 10th. A source said that the meeting will start at 18:30 Beijing time today and is expected to be short and only deal with administrative affairs.Galaxy Securities: Domestic policies may continue to increase, and metal prices are expected to go up. china galaxy Securities said that on the demand side, the domestic package of economic incremental policies played a significant role. In November, China's manufacturing PMI rose to 50.30%, which was in the expansion range for two consecutive months, and the expansion pace was slightly accelerated. The domestic central economic work conference is just around the corner, and it is expected to put forward more positive incremental policy instructions for the economy next year, continue to raise the expectation of macro-recovery, and benefit the rise of copper prices. In addition, the new non-agricultural data in November in the United States reflected that the negative impact of hurricanes and strikes dissipated, but the number of new jobs in the first two months was revised up and the unemployment rate rose, which made the market worry about weak employment. After the data was released, traders increased their bets on the Fed's interest rate cut in December. It is expected that the possibility of the Fed's interest rate cut in December will rise from 67% before the report was released to 85%, and now it has risen to 86%. However, China's central bank once again increased its holdings of gold by nearly 5 tons after half a year in November, indicating that the logic and willingness of global central banks to increase their holdings of gold are still there in the current geopolitical turmoil. The expected warming of interest rate cuts, the central bank's continued increase in gold holdings, and the recent short-term martial law in South Korea and the escalating conflict between Russia and Ukraine are expected to jointly support the price of gold.FTSE China A50 index futures rose 0.75% at the beginning, and closed up 0.84% in the last trading day and night.

In early trading, the main domestic futures contracts rose almost across the board, with coke and glass rising by over 5%, BR rubber and coking coal rising by over 4%, screw thread and soda ash rising by over 3%, iron ore rising by nearly 3%, and hot coil, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), para-xylene (PX), PTA, Shanghai Bank, Shanghai Tin, rapeseed meal and SC crude oil rising by over 2%. In terms of decline, asphalt and low sulfur fuel oil (LU) declined slightly.Details of the arrest of the person involved in the killing of the CEO of the insurance giant in new york surfaced: Luigi Mangione, who was regarded by the new york police as the person involved in the murder of Brian Thompson, an executive of UnitedHealth Group Inc, was arrested in Pennsylvania on Monday, and now he is accused of possessing illegal firearms and using false identification. According to the criminal indictment issued by the Pennsylvania court system on Monday night, Mangione, 26, made her first appearance in the court in Hollidaysburg. He was charged with five counts, including forgery, holding a gun without a license and showing false documents to law enforcement agencies. Mangione was detained by the police after being recognized and reported by employees in a McDonald's restaurant in Altoona that morning. The police officer asked him to show his identity, and Mangione took out a New Jersey driver's license named "Mark Rosario" and the date of birth was July 1998. The police officer then asked him if he had been to new york recently. "The man fell silent and began to tremble," the indictment said. When more police arrived at the scene, Mangione was told that he was under investigation and would be arrested if he lied about his identity. He later said that his name was Luigi Mangione and that he was born in May 1998. A police officer asked Mangione why he lied, and he replied, "I obviously shouldn't." The police arrested him on charges of forgery and providing false information to law enforcement agencies. He was handcuffed, searched and taken back to the police station. A black pistol and a silencer were found in his backpack, both of which were made of 3D printers. This pistol has a metal sleeve, a metal threaded barrel and a plastic handle, and a Glock magazine with six 9mm bullets. A dropped bullet was also found in the defendant's backpack.Many countries have issued travel warnings to South Korea. "Is it safe to travel to South Korea?" On the 9th, travelnoire, a platform focusing on African tourists, raised such a question. According to the report, the recent political events in South Korea have cast a shadow over this popular tourist destination. In fact, as the emergency martial law storm in South Korea continues to ferment, many countries have issued travel warnings to South Korea. South Korea's "Asian Economy" reported on the 9th that the political and social uncertainty in South Korea has further intensified, and the inbound tourism market in South Korea, which has just resumed after the epidemic, is once again facing severe challenges. South Korea's New Zealand News Agency reported that due to the increasing political uncertainty in South Korea, many countries have issued travel warnings to South Korea.