A few ETFs in the U.S. stock market closed up, with semiconductor ETFs rising by more than 2.5%. This week, biotechnology ETFs fell by more than 3.3%, while optional consumer ETFs rose by more than 1.1%. On Friday (December 13th), semiconductor ETFs closed up by 2.51%, global technology stock index ETFs rose by 0.87%, technology ETFs rose by 0.43%, and optional consumer ETFs rose by 0.4%.Sources: Databricks, an artificial intelligence and data company, has raised nearly $9.5 billion and is negotiating to raise an additional $4.5 billion in debt. The company's valuation will exceed $60 billion.Take precautions: The possibility of reaching an exchange agreement for detained persons is higher than ever before. On December 13th, local time, Israeli Defense Minister Katz told the families of detained persons that negotiations on the exchange agreement for detained persons are under way, and the possibility of reaching an exchange agreement for detained persons is higher than ever before. Katz said: "If the agreement is submitted to the cabinet, it will be passed."
Standard & Poor's: Cyprus is upgraded to A-, and the outlook is stable. The economic and financial situation (in the euro zone) performed well, so the rating was upgraded.Iraqi government spokesman: There was no military intervention in Syria. On December 13th, local time, regarding US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to Iraq, Iraqi government spokesman Bassim Avadis said that since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis, the communication between the United States and Iraq has never been interrupted. Avadis also said that the Iraqi government has not intervened militarily in Syria, and has no unilateral plan for Syria, nor has it supported any faction or political organization. Avadis said that Arab, regional and international forces have reached an agreement not to allow any form of extremism to spread the Syrian crisis to other regions.A number of A-share companies "lead wars for their children" and state-owned institutions have become important buyers. Recently, subsidiaries of a number of listed companies in the A-share market have launched capital increase and share expansion in order to obtain more financial support. According to the incomplete statistics of the Securities Times reporter, since November alone, more than 10 listed companies have issued relevant announcements on the introduction of strategic investors by subsidiaries, most of which are distributed in power equipment, pharmaceutical biology, basic chemical industry and other industries. It is worth noting that many of the strategic investors introduced by the subsidiaries of the above-mentioned enterprises are state-owned investment institutions. For this wave of "war-inducing" trend, people in the industry interviewed by reporters believe that due to the influence of relevant policies, listed companies have great resistance to spin-off and listing, which is an important reason for their subsidiaries to increase their capital and shares. Most of the targets that state-owned investment institutions choose to buy shares are new businesses or core businesses of hard-tech enterprises, which can not only ensure the safety of state-owned funds, but also obtain high premium returns in future IPO opportunities. (Securities Times)
Italian President: The escalation of violence against civilians in Gaza is unacceptable. On December 13th, local time, Italian President Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister meloni respectively met with visiting Palestinian President Abbas in Rome. During the meeting, Italian President Mattarella said that the escalating violence against civilians, women and children in Gaza was unacceptable. Italy is committed to a real ceasefire in Gaza and hopes to realize the "two-state solution" immediately.Fitch: It is expected that the freight cycle in the United States and Canada will begin to improve slowly in 2025.Holzmann, a hawkish official of the European Central Bank: It is not the central bank's responsibility to boost the economy. Robert Holzmann, the ECB's governing board, said that it is wrong to think that the ECB's interest rate cut is simply to boost the economy. "It is not the responsibility of the European Central Bank to boost the economy, but the mission of the central bank is to stabilize prices," he said in an interview on Friday night. It runs counter to our position to boost the economy by cutting interest rates. Holzmann is one of the most hawkish central bankers. According to informed officials, the central bank plans to cut interest rates by another 25 basis points in January, and may do so in March.