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Kuwait set the price of crude oil sold to the Mediterranean region and northwest Europe in January at a discount of $4.90 per barrel.SAIC: Haitong Taicang Automobile Terminal has been put into production and operation. According to the official WeChat official account news of SAIC, today, Haitong Taicang Automobile Terminal jointly built by SAIC, Shanghai Port Group and Jiangsu Port Group has been put into production and operation, with an annual throughput of 1.3 million vehicles.South Korea's ruling party has made it a unified position within the party to oppose the "special inspection law for civil strife" and "Jin Jianchit's inspection law". South Korea's ruling National Power Party said that it will make it a unified position within the party to oppose the "special inspection law for civil strife" and "Jin Jianchit's inspection law". (CCTV News)

The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) expanded to 1.00% in the day and is now reported at 6104.4 points. The main contract of CSI 500 stock index futures (IC) stood at 6100 points, rising by 0.99% in the day.Nanchang land port "Changsha-Xiamen-Hong Kong Link" rail-sea intermodal train was opened. On the morning of December 12th, two trains loaded with "Made in Jiangxi" drove out of Nanchang land port in turn under the supervision of Ganjiang New District Customs, marking the official opening of the "Changsha-Xiamen-Hong Kong Link" rail-sea intermodal train from Nanchang land port to Xiamen Port, which greatly boosted the construction of modern logistics system in Jiangxi to a new level. Compared with the past, under the new mode of "Changsha-Xiamen-Hong Kong Link", the transportation efficiency of goods destined for Southeast Asia is shortened by 5-7 days, and the transportation cost is reduced by 20%. (CCTV News)Extremely Yue insiders: Xia Yiping still stays in the company's on-site office and is seeking financing. I learned from the inside of Extremely Yue Automobile that on the morning of December 12, Extreme Yue CEO Xia Yiping appeared in the company's headquarters office. Xia Yiping said that he appeared first to prove to employees that he had not run away, to tide over the difficulties with the company, and second to communicate with employees face to face. "His main task at present is financing, and he is also actively contacting investors for help." Insiders revealed to reporters. (The Paper)

Institution: The battery price stabilized in November, and it is expected to rise slightly in 2025. On December 12, according to the latest research of TrendForce Jibang Consulting, in November 2024, the sales of electric vehicles in China continued to increase, which boosted the demand for power batteries, and the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate batteries remained stable, while the ternary batteries declined slightly. The demand for batteries in the energy storage market maintained the peak season characteristics, and with the price advantage of large-capacity batteries, the proportion of shipments increased. However, the average price of energy storage batteries continued to decline in November due to the slowdown in demand for orders at the end of the year. The agency expects that the price of some lithium battery materials may rise slightly in the peak season of 2025, which is expected to repair the serious losses of the company in the early stage. However, due to the fact that the relationship between supply and demand has not changed from surplus to shortage, the expected increase in material prices is limited, and battery manufacturers actively control costs, the battery price trend will be stable next year.Hua Fu Securities completed the capital increase and share expansion of over 4.7 billion yuan, and the Shanghai United Assets and Equity Exchange issued a closing announcement: the capital increase and share expansion project of Hua Fu Securities was launched. There were 17 participants in this capital increase, including 4 original shareholder units and 13 new investors, with a total investment of about 4.757 billion yuan. According to China, a brokerage firm, Hua Fu Securities' capital increase and share expansion has attracted wide attention in the market, becoming the largest equity financing case in the securities industry this year.New Zealand plans to modify the "golden visa" to attract wealthy immigrants, and the New Zealand government is planning to modify its so-called "golden visa" program to attract more wealthy immigrants to invest in New Zealand. The Active Investor Plus Visa has always attracted the rich to New Zealand, bringing an average of NZ $1 billion (US$ 580 million) to New Zealand every year, but it has been sluggish since the rules changed in 2022. According to the data of Immigration New Zealand, in the past two years, only 35 applications have been fully approved, equivalent to NZ $352 million in nominated investment funds. In an interview in Wellington on Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said, "We realized that the previous government changed these settings, and we saw a significant drop in the number of investors. You can expect to see our announcement in this regard in the next few weeks. "