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Minsheng Bank: New Hope Chemical was approved to increase its shareholding by no more than 68 million shares. Minsheng Bank announced that the State Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau approved New Hope Chemical Investment Co., Ltd. to increase its shareholding in Minsheng Bank by no more than 68 million shares through the secondary market within six months. After the completion of the increase, New Hope Chemical and its concerted actions will hold no more than 2.24 billion shares of Minsheng Bank, with a shareholding ratio of no more than 5.12%.Yiling Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: The application for clinical trial of Lianhua Yuping Granule was approved, and Yiling Pharmaceutical announced that Beijing Yiling, a wholly-owned subsidiary, received the Notice of Approval for Clinical Trial of Drugs approved and issued by National Medical Products Administration on December 12, 2024, and agreed to carry out clinical trial of Lianhua Yuping Granule for qi deficiency syndrome of common cold.Blinken asked Turkey to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement, and US Secretary of State Blinken asked Turkey to use its relations with Hamas to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement. Blinken said that during his talks with the Turkish President and Turkish Foreign Minister, he discussed the necessity of Hamas saying "yes" to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Blinken said: "We talked about the need for Hamas to agree to the (Gaza) agreement, which may eventually help end the war."

According to the weekly comprehensive price quotation and transaction information of the national carbon market, the comprehensive price quotation of the national carbon market this week is: the highest price is 102.03 yuan/ton, and the lowest price is 98.95 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 0.20% lower than last Friday. This week, the transaction volume of the listing agreement was 4,455,200 tons, with a turnover of 443,893,910.63 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 35,748,795 tons, with a turnover of 353,449,4051.32 yuan. This week, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota was 40,203,995 tons, with a total turnover of 397,877,961.95 yuan. From January 1 to December 13, 2024, the volume of carbon emission quota in the national carbon market was 169,736,665 tons, with a turnover of 162,864,7748.47 yuan. As of December 13, 2024, the cumulative turnover of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon market was 611,359,276 tons, with a cumulative turnover of 412,056,282,67.75 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)A picture to understand the 2024 Central Economic Work Conference. (Xinhua News Agency)The plan for Indonesian civil servants to move to the new capital was postponed until April next year. On December 13th, local time, Diana Kusu Mastu, Deputy Minister of Public Works of Indonesia, said that the Indonesian government planned to move civil servants to the new capital Nusantara in April 2025. The construction of necessary infrastructure, including residential buildings, is under way, and the current construction progress has exceeded 60%. (CCTV News)

Barclays: Raise the target price of Standard Chartered from 940p to 970p.The retail price of refined oil may end up stranded. According to calculation, as of the seventh working day on December 13th, the average price of reference crude oil varieties was 70.58 USD/barrel, with a change rate of -0.87%, and the corresponding domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel should be lowered by 40 yuan/ton. At 24: 00 on December 18th, it is the last price adjustment window of the retail price in 2024, so the retail price is likely to end stranded. By December 13th, 2024, the domestic retail price of gasoline and diesel had experienced "9 up, 9 down and 6 stranded". After the fluctuation offset, gasoline and diesel (standard products) were reduced by 115 yuan/ton and 125 yuan/ton respectively. (Jin Lianchuang)The closing price of the national carbon market rose by 0.84% compared with the previous day. Today, the comprehensive price of the national carbon market is: the opening price is 99.66 yuan/ton, the highest price is 101.74 yuan/ton, the lowest price is 98.95 yuan/ton, and the closing price is 100.74 yuan/ton, which is 0.84% higher than the previous day. The transaction volume of today's listing agreement is 464,194 tons, with a turnover of 46,118,764.87 yuan; The volume of bulk agreement transactions was 4,617,079 tons, with a turnover of 450,306,945.18 yuan. Today, the total turnover of the national carbon emission quota is 5081273 tons, with a total turnover of 496425710.05 yuan. From January 1 to December 13, 2024, the volume of carbon emission quota in the national carbon market was 169,736,665 tons, with a turnover of 162,864,7748.47 yuan. As of December 13, 2024, the cumulative turnover of carbon emission quotas in the national carbon market was 611,359,276 tons, with a cumulative turnover of 412,056,282,67.75 yuan. (National Carbon Trading)