Onshore RMB against the US dollar (CNY) closed at 7.2562 yuan at 03:00 Beijing time, up 171 points from last Friday night's close. The turnover was $40.017 billion.Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: If Trump imposes a 25% tariff, Canada will respond.Industrial integration has injected new vitality, and the activity of mergers and acquisitions has increased. The data shows that since the beginning of this year, a total of 132 A-share companies have issued announcements related to mergers and acquisitions, compared with 82 in the same period last year. Among them, since the release of "Six Articles on Mergers and Acquisitions", nearly 50 listed companies have issued relevant announcements on mergers and acquisitions, and the process of mergers and acquisitions of listed companies has accelerated. Experts said that under the impetus of policies, the activity of mergers and acquisitions has been significantly improved, and industrial integration has become the main logic of mergers and acquisitions. Listed companies can seize the favorable opportunity of capital operation to promote mergers and acquisitions, which can quickly broaden their business fields, enrich their product matrix and achieve greater and stronger results.
The application of AI continues to deepen and the prosperity of the sector continues to improve. Recently, a number of artificial intelligence companies have intensively released their latest products, and the related concept sectors in the A-share market are active. Analysts believe that overseas AI applications are growing strongly, and the growth potential of domestic AI applications is expected to explode. On the one hand, the performance of the core AI application companies in US stocks has grown rapidly, further strengthening the AI narrative logic; On the other hand, domestic AI application scenarios are more extensive and have achieved good application results in many fields such as education and office. It is suggested to focus on the growth and liquidity of domestic AI applications.At the end of the year, banks intensively sold certificates of deposit at the highest interest rate of 3%. Near the end of the year, many small and medium-sized banks began to sell certificates of deposit, and the annualized interest rates of some three-year and five-year certificates of deposit could reach more than 2%, even as high as 3%. At the same time, some banks have "raised the deposit interest rate against the trend" to attract depositors. The industry believes that near the end of the year, although some small and medium-sized banks raised deposit interest rates, on the whole, the downward trend of deposit interest rates is a general trend, and there is still room for downward trend in the future. (Securities Daily)The regulatory authorities have made a heavy blow to market manipulation. During the year, there have been nine fines with the amount exceeding 100 million yuan. Since the beginning of this year, the CSRC has made a heavy blow to market manipulation. According to public statistics, as of December 9, the CSRC and the local securities regulatory bureaus issued 28 administrative punishment decisions (including 3 advance notices of administrative punishment disclosed by listed companies) for market manipulation during the year, and 61 persons (families) were punished, with a total amount of fines exceeding 2.352 billion yuan. Among them, 9 tickets were fined more than 100 million yuan. In the punishment of market prohibition, there is also a ticket for both identity prohibition and transaction prohibition. "During the year, the number and intensity of fines for manipulating the market increased significantly, which was the result of strengthening supervision, improving supervision technology, improving laws and regulations and enhancing investor protection awareness." Researchers said that with the application of advanced technologies such as big data analysis and artificial intelligence, the ability of regulators to crack down on market manipulation has been improved. In recent years, the laws and regulations related to the capital market have been constantly revised and improved, and the penalties for illegal market manipulation have increased, which is helpful to increase the illegal cost and form an effective deterrent. In addition, the public and investors' awareness of the protection of their own rights and interests has gradually increased, which has also promoted the reporting and exposure of market manipulation. (Securities Daily)
Two Syrian security sources said that Israel attacked the main air base in Syria, destroying infrastructure and dozens of helicopters and planes.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: The Golan Heights will always belong to Israel. After the fall of Assad, isolating Hamas opened the door for reaching a hostage agreement. If Hamas is allowed to control and distribute aid, it cannot be eliminated.US Secretary of State Blinken: The United States welcomes the statement made by Syrian rebel leaders on the formation of an inclusive government, but the real test will be their commitment to this. The United States has a clear interest in avoiding Syria's secession, terrorism and extremism.