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WTI January crude oil futures closed up 0.22 USD, or 0.32%, at 68.59 USD/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed down about 0.60% to $3.1630 per million british thermal unit. Nymex January gasoline futures closed at $1.9568 per gallon, and Nymex January heating oil futures closed at $2.1861 per gallon.Institution: US CPI data may trigger currency and national debt fluctuations. Joseph Dahrieh, an analyst at Tickmill, said in a report that the US CPI data in November will be released later, which may provide important information for the Fed's policy prospects and may trigger short-term fluctuations in the currency and bond markets. The overall inflation rate is expected to rise from 2.6% in October to 2.7%. However, he said that stronger-than-expected data may delay the Fed's interest rate cut plan, which may continue the recent rally of the US dollar; The lower-than-expected inflation data may strengthen the expectation of a 25 basis point interest rate cut in December, putting downward pressure on the US dollar. In addition, he said that the yield of US Treasury bonds has stabilized recently, but it may also react strongly to the release of inflation data.The Hang Seng Index closed roughly flat overnight at 20,435.00. The Hang Seng Technology Index closed down 0.22% at 4,618.00 points overnight.

The price of air tickets on popular routes has increased by 60%, and the anti-season tour and island tour during the Spring Festival are hot. There are still 49 days before the Spring Festival in 2025, and the popularity of the holiday tourism market has increased significantly. On December 11th, the reporter was informed that air ticket booking for some platforms in Spring Festival travel rush has been quietly opened, and air tickets for some popular routes such as Sanya in Hainan and Xiamen in Fujian have increased significantly. (beijing business today)NVIDIA's decline widened to 3%.US Treasury Secretary Yellen: Trump's widely implemented tariff policy may undermine the progress made on inflation and increase costs. He talked with Trump's nominee for finance minister, Besant, and discussed the broad responsibilities of the Ministry of Finance.

US Treasury Secretary Yellen: I also expressed my concern about fiscal responsibility. We need to cut the deficit. I hope that Congress can try to pay for any extension of Trump's personal tax cuts passed in 2017.The Israeli military claimed to have attacked Syria's strategic weapons stockpiles. According to the statement of the Israel Defense Forces, in the past 48 hours, the Israel Defense Forces attacked most of Syria's strategic weapons arsenals to prevent them from falling into the hands of terrorists. Navy ships attacked two naval facilities in Syria and dozens of sea-to-sea missiles were destroyed. Air defense batteries, airports and dozens of weapons production bases in Damascus, Homs, Tartus, Latakia and Baal Milla were attacked. Many strategic weapons were destroyed, including Scud missiles, cruise missiles and other missiles, drones, fighter planes, attack helicopters, radars, tanks and hangars.Apple will provide Globalstar satellite connection for smart watches, and Apple plans to provide Globalstar satellite communication function on smart watch devices. Future models will provide blood pressure testing tools, and the new watch will adopt MediaTek for the first time. The share price of Globalstar US stocks jumped, with an increase of as high as 21%.