The previous crude oil futures 2401 contract closed up 1.51% at 545.40 yuan/barrel. Shanghai Gold closed down 0.59% and Shanghai Bank closed down 1.67%.Cipher digital currency concept stocks generally rose, with Bakkt Holdings rising by 12.2%, Riot Platforms rising by 9.4%, TeraWulf rising by 7.3%, Robinhood rising by 4.2%, and Ethereum ETF QETH rising by over 3.9%. President-elect Trump announced that he would take major actions against cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin rose more than 0.7%, reaching a daily high of $102,000.Market News: HSBC evaluates the retail banking business outside the UK and Hong Kong.
On December 12th, local time, the reporter learned that the court documents submitted that day showed that Alexander smirnoff, an FBI informant who had been accused of fabricating US President Barack joseph robinette and his son hunter biden to accept millions of dollars in bribes, had agreed to plead guilty. It is understood that smirnoff reached a plea agreement with David Weiss, special adviser of the Ministry of Justice. According to the agreement, the two sides will recommend a prison term of at least 48 months and no more than 72 months.The USD/CHF broke through the 0.8900 mark, and the latest price was 0.8901, up 0.67% in the day.The Israeli army issued evacuation orders to several blocks in Gaza City, Gaza. On the afternoon of 12th local time, the IDF issued an evacuation warning to several blocks in Gaza City, Gaza, asking residents in relevant blocks to evacuate as soon as possible. In a statement, the Israeli army claimed that militants in Hamas fired rockets from these neighborhoods at Israeli troops fighting in the Gaza earlier that day.
Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 0.4% to 381.97. Evolution AB Group, an online gambling operator, fell 3.4%, which was the worst among the constituent stocks.African stock market | On Thursday (December 12th), the FTSE /JSE Africa Top 40 tradable index closed down 0.18% to 78,341.48 points. The South African rand is currently down 0.58% against the US dollar, reaching a fresh low of 17.8027 rand.Shell Ocean Company: It is estimated that in 2026, two wells of PERDIDO SPAR operated by Shell in the Gulf of Mexico will be put into production for the first time.