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Japan's semiconductor sector rose collectively, with ADVANTEST up nearly 5%, DISCO up over 2% and Renesas Electronics up over 1%.Gao Weibing: Guangzhou Institute will improve the variety layout of new energy and new materials. On December 12th, 2024 China New Energy and New Materials Industry Conference was held in Guangzhou. Gao Weibing, Party Secretary and Chairman of Guangzhou Futures Exchange, said that in the near future, Guangzhou Futures Exchange will launch polysilicon futures and options to form a linkage with industrial silicon, providing more effective price signals and risk management tools for the photovoltaic industry chain. In the next step, Guangzhou Institute will thoroughly implement the spirit of "Opinions on Strengthening Supervision and Preventing Risks to Promote the High-quality Development of Futures Market", based on the fundamental purpose of serving the real economy and the characteristic orientation of serving the green development, improve the variety layout of new energy and new materials, increase market cultivation, continuously enrich the supervision toolbox, and strive to ensure the safe and stable operation of the market and better serve the needs of the real economy. (China Nonferrous Metals News)Australia's ASX 200 index narrowed to 0.1%, and the Australian dollar increased. The just released Australian employment data was better than expected.

Commander-in-Chief of Russian Navy: The naval sub-group of Russian nuclear forces has been completely updated.Jianfan Bio: The plasma separator was certified by the European Union MDR, and Jianfan Bio announced that Jianfan Blood Purification Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary, recently received a notice from the EU announcement agency that its plasma separator was certified by the European Union MDR in accordance with the EU Medical Devices Regulation 2017/745, and can be sold in EU countries and other countries that recognize the EU CE certification.Yiwangyichuang: Shareholder Zhang Fan plans to reduce his shareholding by no more than 1%. Yiwangyichuang announced that shareholder Zhang Fan, who holds more than 5% of the company's shares, plans to reduce his shareholding by centralized bidding and/or block trading, and the number of shares to be reduced is no more than 2,369,400, accounting for 1.00% of the company's total share capital. The reduction period is from January 6, 2025 to April 4, 2025. The price range of reduction will be determined according to the market price and trading method at the time of reduction. The reason for Zhang Fan's reduction is based on his own capital demand, and the shares come from the shares issued before the initial public offering, the shares transferred due to equity distribution and the shares transferred by agreement.

Yin Zhongyu, Federal Reserve Securities: Industrial M&A will always have the opportunity to cross-border M&A and will never be supported on a large scale. Yin Zhongyu, assistant to the president of Federal Reserve Securities and head of the M&A business department, pointed out that M&A has ushered in a rare policy window. For industrial M&A, the policy window has always been there. "In particular, industrial M&A focusing on new productivity has always been the direction encouraged by the regulatory authorities, and there will always be opportunities. However, for buying and selling shells and cross-border restructuring, related risks need to be vigilant, and cross- (21 Finance)Piper Sandler lowered the target price of Adobe from 635.00 to 600.00.Truck manufacturer Paccar recalled more than 220,000 American cars due to electronic system problems. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Thursday that truck manufacturer Paccar recalled 220,972 cars in the United States because there was a problem with the electronic control unit (ECU), which might affect the systems related to braking and stability control. NHTSA said that the recalled vehicles included some Peterbilt and Kenworth cars produced in 2021-2025.