The Dow Jones Industrial Average was last reported at 44,200.59, up 0.12% in the day.Russian Foreign Minister: It's not the first time that Ukrainian President refused to propose a ceasefire. On December 12, local time, the Russian Foreign Ministry reported that Hungarian Foreign Minister Sergei Jardot had spoken with Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov and told Ukrainian President Zelensky that he had rejected the Hungarian proposal for a temporary ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners of war in the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Lavrov said that this is not the first time that the Ukrainian authorities rejected the relevant suggestions made by other countries after releasing their own signals. Hungarian Prime Minister Orban said on the 11th local time that Ukrainian President Zelensky explicitly rejected the proposal of a ceasefire on December 25th. "Hungary's rotating presidency of the European Union has come to an end. We have made the latest efforts for peace and proposed a ceasefire on December 25th and a large-scale exchange of prisoners of war. Zelensky explicitly rejected and ruled out this possibility ".Israeli Army Attacks Prime Minister Li in Southern Lebanon: A flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement. On the 12th, local time, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Mikati issued a statement on Israel's attack on Shyam town, an important town in southern Lebanon. He said that less than 24 hours after the army began to deploy in Shyam and Magayoun to implement the ceasefire decision, Israel attacked Shyam town again, causing casualties. Mikati called the attack a flagrant violation of the ceasefire agreement and a violation of the commitments made by the United States and France as mediators. He called on these countries to clarify their positions on this incident and take immediate measures to curb Israel's aggression. Mikati said that the continuous violation of the ceasefire agreement is the responsibility of the monitoring committee responsible for monitoring the implementation of the ceasefire, and they must resolutely solve this problem and prevent such incidents from happening again. On the same day, Israeli drones attacked the town of Shyam, an important town in southern Lebanon. (CCTV News)
The US dollar index DXY rebounded nearly 20 points in the short term and is now reported at 106.65.Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: domestic bank deposits in the United States increased by 1.1% to US$ 194.6 billion, and uninsured deposits increased by 2.7%; The number of "problem banks" has increased by two to 68, with total assets of $87.3 billion.Li Guangzi, director of the Banking Research Office of the Institute of Finance of China Academy of Social Sciences: The risk of small and medium-sized financial institutions is the focus of risk disposal in the coming period. Li Guangzi, director of the Banking Research Office of the Institute of Finance of China Academy of Social Sciences, told reporters that with the implementation of the policy package to resolve local government debt risks, the local government debt risks have obviously converged recently. In contrast, risks in real estate and small and medium-sized financial institutions are still outstanding. In this context, the meeting took the risks of real estate and small and medium-sized financial institutions as the focus of risk disposal in the coming period, which made clear the focus and pointed out the direction for further financial risk disposal. Especially in the field of real estate, because of its long adjustment cycle and wide coverage, it is still the top priority of risk disposal. (SSE)
Unica: In the second half of November, the sugar production in central and southern Brazil was 1.084 million tons. According to UNICA, the sugar production in central and southern Brazil reached 1.084 million tons in the second half of November, which was 23% lower than the same period last year. The amount of sugarcane crushed was 20.35 million tons, down by 15.2% compared with the same period of last year. Ethanol production was 1.19 billion liters, down 5.18% year-on-year. 44.89% of sugarcane juice was used for sugar production, compared with 46.54% in the same period of last year.Lian Ping, Dean and Chief Economist of Guangkai Chief Industry Research Institute: It is expected that deficit ratio will be allocated 4%-4.5% next year, and its finance will be more active to meet the current economic needs. (Xinhua Finance)Spot silver fell below $31 per ounce, down 2.82% in the day. COMEX silver fell 4.00% in the day and is now quoted at $31.65 per ounce.