International oil prices rose on the 11th. As of the close of the day, the futures price of light crude oil for January 2025 in the New York Mercantile Exchange rose by $1.70 to close at $70.29 per barrel, an increase of 2.48%. London Brent crude oil futures for delivery in February 2025 rose by $1.33 to close at $73.52 per barrel, an increase of 1.84%.U.S. Treasury officials said that U.S. revenue, expenditure and deficit all hit new highs in November.Analyst: The Trump FTC has selected good news for large technology companies. The FTC is about to undergo leadership changes. Wedbush analysts believe that this is a major positive for large technology companies led by Amazon, Meta Platforms and Microsoft. Shares of Amazon and major technology companies rose on Wednesday after President-elect Trump said he would appoint Andrew Ferguson to lead the FTC, replacing Lina Khan, the current FTC chairman. Khan is the main critic of large technology companies. She filed a lawsuit against Meta and Amazon, and also challenged Microsoft to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69 billion, but it was unsuccessful. Ferguson is a Republican and has served as a member of the Federal Trade Commission. "Christmas in science and technology has come early," Wedbush analyst Dan Ives said in a customer report, adding that "at the critical moment of the artificial intelligence arms race, the' sweat suspense' in science and technology has been eliminated. We expect the strong to be stronger, because Mag 7 has started the M&A engine again, and Microsoft, Oracle Bone Inscriptions, Alphabet, Amazon and Tesla will accelerate the transaction to expand their technology moat. "
Brazil's Vale said it had reached an agreement with the US Department of Energy to provide financing of $282.9 million for the Louisiana plant until 2031.National Bank of Canada: cut the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.45%.FBI Director Wray will resign before Trump takes office, ending his term ahead of schedule. Christopher Wray, director of the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that he will resign before President-elect Trump takes office (sworn in on January 20, 2025), ending his historic and turbulent term as the head of the highest law enforcement agency in the United States ahead of schedule. Wray said in a statement that he plans to resign at the end of Biden's presidency next month. Trump, who will take office on January 20, made it clear that he will not be allowed to continue as the director of the FBI, although Wray's 10-year term will not end until 2027. Trump posted on Truth Social on November 30th that he planned to nominate loyal ally Kash Patel as the director of the FBI.
During the year, A-share companies threw out nearly 1,000 single and medium-term cash dividend plans. According to Wind statistics, as of December 11th, 940 listed companies have thrown out 994 single and medium-term cash dividend plans this year, with the number of them increasing by 269.41% year-on-year. The total amount of dividends involved was 667.519 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 166.24%. Among them, 791 orders have been implemented, and dividends have reached 360.768 billion yuan; 203 single pending implementation, the total amount of dividends to be paid is 306.751 billion yuan. The researchers said that the active mid-term dividends of listed companies are conducive to enhancing investors' sense of gain and boosting investors' confidence. In addition, stable dividends can provide stable income, reduce investment risks, and help promote the formation of value investment concepts and long-term investment concepts. (Securities Daily)CSI A500ETF ushered in the first dividend-paying product. On December 11th, ICBC Credit Suisse Fund announced that ICBC CSI A500ETF planned to pay dividends and became the first dividend-paying CSI A500ETF. In fact, in the current low-rate background, the dividend mechanism has gradually become a differentiated selling point of popular ETFs. Among the 22 CSI A 500 ETFs in the first batch and the second batch, 4 products have a mandatory dividend mechanism, and the dividend ratio is not less than 60%. The dividend ratio of individual products can reach 80%, and the monthly dividend frequency is set for CSI A 500 ETFs. According to the analysis of public offering, under the guidance and encouragement of policies, the dividend mechanism of A-share listed companies has been continuously improved, and the dividend level has been continuously improved. Leading enterprises in the industry often have stronger willingness to pay dividends because of their stronger profitability and anti-risk ability. ETF products meet the liquidity needs of investors through dividends, which is conducive to improving the investment experience. (Securities Times)Argentina's consumer price index rose by 2.4% in November compared with the previous month.