Italian President Mattarella accepted an exclusive interview with the reception desk in Beijing. Visiting China again after seven years, he said that China's development is changing with each passing day and has made great progress in many aspects. Opposing war and confrontation, he believes that the development of the world needs mutual respect and appreciation from all countries. Talking about the relations between the two countries, he said that Italy attaches great importance to this, and mutual understanding and trust are the cornerstones of Italian-Chinese friendship. (CCTV International News)Bank of America Securities lowered the target price of Thermo Fisher Scientific Shier Technology from $675.00 to $660.00.Bank of Mexico: High inflation may affect economic activities.
Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 1.4%, the worst one-day performance since November 15th, to 376.43 points, with a cumulative decline of more than 2.27% this week. Novo Nordisk closed down 3.9%, the worst performance among the constituent stocks.Funds continue to enter the market through the channel. The net subscription of stock ETFs exceeded 36.5 billion in the month. Since December, funds have continued to enter the market through stock ETFs (transactional open index funds). The data shows that as of December 13, the net subscription share of stock ETFs in the month reached 36.543 billion. From the perspective of specific capital flow, broad-based ETFs attract gold strongly, and many CSI A 500 ETFs and CSI 300ETF are actively subscribed by investors. In addition, dividend ETFs are also net subscribed by investors. (Securities Daily)European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of military expenditure. On December 12th, the Financial Times reported that some European members of NATO are considering increasing the proportion of national defense expenditure in their gross domestic product (GDP) from the current 2% to 3%, which will bring budgetary pressure to many European countries.
WTI crude oil rose 1.5% in the day to 70.71 USD/barrel.According to the media, air strikes against Syria provide an opportunity to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. On December 12, The Israel Times quoted Israeli military officials as saying that the Israeli military believed that Israeli warplanes and drones gained huge air superiority after air strikes destroyed almost all Syria's air defense equipment, which enabled Israeli warplanes to pass through Syrian airspace more safely and launch attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.Russia is negotiating with the new Syrian authorities to maintain its two military bases in Syria.