Punai Co., Ltd.: At present, the company's test line produces non-densified crystalline magnesium. Punai Co., Ltd. (002225) said on the interactive platform on December 12 that the company's test line currently produces non-densified crystalline magnesium, and the crystalline magnesium needs further melting and refining to produce magnesium alloys, which belongs to the downstream field of magnesium alloys.Softbank will invest in AI company Databricks, which seeks to raise at least $7 billion. (The Information)Central Bank: On December 18th, 20 billion yuan of central bank bills will be issued. On December 18th, the People's Bank of China will issue the 12th issue of central bank bills in 2024 through the CMU bond bidding platform of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority. The 12th central bank bill has a maturity of 6 months (182 days), and is a fixed-rate interest-bearing bond, with a circulation of RMB 20 billion. The value date is December 20, 2024, and the maturity date is June 20, 2025, and the maturity date will be postponed in case of a holiday.
The warm winter of second-hand houses has arrived: in November, house prices in Chengdu, Shenzhen rebounded first, and second-hand houses once again played a leading indicator of market warming. On December 11th, the Middle Finger Research Institute released a map of housing prices of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November, the average price of second-hand houses in Baicheng fell by 0.57% from the previous month, which was 0.03 percentage points lower than that of the previous month. The second-hand housing market in first-tier cities is more active. The average price of second-hand housing in the top ten cities dropped by 0.17% month-on-month, and the decline was narrowed by 0.16 percentage points from last month. Among them, the prices of second-hand houses in Shenzhen and Chengdu rose by 0.21% and 0.12% respectively, breaking the overall decline of 100 cities for seven consecutive months. Experts in the industry said that under the blessing of the policy of "buying houses and reducing taxes", it is expected that the transaction of second-hand houses in core cities will continue to be high, and prices are expected to continue to adjust. (beijing business today)Long bright technology won an order from the state-owned bank Xinchuang, and recently, long bright technology successfully won an expert order from a state-owned bank for the "Innovation Project of Localization of Bank Card Clearing System".At the opening of the morning session, the main domestic futures contracts rose more and fell less. Fuel oil and low-sulfur fuel oil (LU) rose more than 2%, No.20 glue and SC crude oil rose more than 1%, and Shanghai tin, p-xylene (PX), soybean oil, vegetable oil and ethylene glycol (EG) rose nearly 1%. In terms of decline, soybean meal, BR rubber and Shanghai lead fell by nearly 1%.
Spot gold fell by $13 in the short term, once approaching $2,700 per ounce, and now it has rebounded to $2,711.44 per ounce, down 0.22% in the day.Spot gold fell by $13 in the short term, once approaching $2,700 per ounce, and now it has rebounded to $2,711.44 per ounce, down 0.22% in the day.The European Central Bank may no longer mention the need to adopt a "restrictive" policy to curb inflation. The financial market has completely digested the expectation that the European Central Bank will cut interest rates by 25 basis points on Thursday, and the possibility of a larger rate cut is close to zero. Any adjustment of the ECB's future guidance may be minimal. It may no longer mention the need to adopt "restrictive" policies to curb inflation, which is an implicit signal that interest rates will at least fall to the so-called neutral level. Lorenzo Codogno of LC Macro Advisors said: "In view of the great uncertainties in international geopolitics and policies, it is still appropriate to rely on data and determine the appropriate level and duration of restrictions one after another."