WTI crude oil increased to 2% in the day and is now reported at 69.55 USD/barrel; Brent crude oil is now up 1.67%.Market information: The major shareholders of Hershey, an American chocolate manufacturer, will reject the takeover proposal of Yizi International, thinking that the other party's offer is too low.Global Times editorial: China is still the main engine of global trade growth. Statistics recently released by official website of the General Administration of Customs show that the total import and export value of China's goods trade in the first 11 months of this year was 39.79 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports reached 23.04 trillion yuan, up 6.7%; Imports reached 16.75 trillion yuan, up 2.4%. This is a further development of China's position as the world's largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years, and its export accounts for 14.2% of the world's total in 2023, which means that the position of China manufacturing with high "cost performance" in the international production and supply chain continues to increase. The publication of this foreign trade "report card" once again shows the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy. (Global Times)
Six people were killed in mine explosions in many places in Syria. According to the news released by Syrian Human Rights Watch on the evening of 11th local time, six people were killed in mine explosions in Deir ez-Zor, Mambiji and Aleppo in Syria that day. (CCTV)Lead closed down more than 1%, nickel and tin closed up, and LME copper closed down $24 to $9,192/ton. LME aluminum closed down $8 to $2,601/ton. LME zinc futures closed down $10 to $3,126/ton. LME lead closed down $22 to $2,043/ton. LME nickel futures closed up $143 to $15,858/ton. LME tin closed up $181 to $29,957/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.Market information: According to informed sources of the French government, President Mark Long will appoint the Prime Minister on December 124i.
Spot gold stood at $2,720 per ounce, up 0.98% in the day.Germany's DAX 30 index initially closed up 0.34% at 20,399.53 points. The French stock index closed up 0.38%, the Italian stock index closed up 0.49%, the bank index rose 0.34%, and the British stock index closed up 0.25%.Apple or cooperated with Broadcom to develop AI server chips using TSMC's advanced process. According to The Information, Apple's cooperation with Broadcom this time is not complete design and production outsourcing in the traditional sense, but some key "chiplet" are provided by Broadcom. Core is a design method that modularizes the functions of the processor. Apple can combine multiple cores into a complete chip. This method not only simplifies the manufacturing process, but also effectively protects Apple's overall design secrets, even if the partners can't fully understand the chip architecture. It is reported that this processor code-named "Baltra" will be produced by TSMC in N3P process. N3P is an advanced manufacturing technology released by TSMC in April 2024, and it is expected to be applied to the processor of iPhone 17 Pro for the first time. This process technology has higher performance and energy efficiency advantages, and will provide strong support for AI servers.