WTI crude oil futures closed up 1.74%, while WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Brent February crude oil futures closed up 1.02 US dollars, or 1.43% to 72.14 US dollars/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% to $3.1820/million British heat.The State Council, USA: Israel's actions in Syria are "temporary measures". When talking about Israel's military actions in Syria at a briefing on December 9, local time, the State Council spokesman Matthew Miller said that Israel said that these actions were "temporary measures" taken to defend its borders and respond to the withdrawal of Syrian troops from the region, and "not permanent actions". Miller said that the United States hopes to finally see lasting stability between Israel and Syria and supports all parties to abide by the disengagement agreement signed in 1974.Chicago soybean futures surged back, falling more than 0.2%. On Monday (December 9) in late new york, the Bloomberg Grain Sub-index rose 0.25% to 31.6525 points. CBOT corn futures rose 0.28% to 4.41-1/4 USD/bushel. CBOT wheat futures rose 0.40% to $ 5.58-1/4 a bushel. CBOT soybean futures fell 0.25% to 9.89-1/2 USD/bushel, rose to a daily high of 10.03-1/2 USD at 22:45 Beijing time, then fell back and refreshed to a daily low of 9.85-3/4 USD; Soybean meal futures rose by 0.59% and soybean oil futures fell by 0.63%.
Israel told the United Nations that it did not interfere in the conflict between Syrian armed groups, and their actions were completely focused on maintaining their security.Representatives of entrepreneurs in Taiwan Province: The mainland economy has shown great resilience and vitality. On December 9, 2024, the annual meeting of the Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit was held in Xiamen, Fujian. The theme of the annual meeting of the summit is "Building a new era industrial chain between the two sides of the strait to promote cross-strait economic integration and development", including the opening ceremony, keynote speech, special forums of various industrial cooperation promotion groups of the summit and the summary of the annual meeting. More than 700 business people from both sides of the strait attended the meeting. Song Tao, director of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, met with Taiwan Province entrepreneurs attending the 2024 Cross-Strait Entrepreneur Summit in Xiamen, Fujian. Representatives of entrepreneurs in Taiwan Province said that the mainland economy has shown strong resilience and vitality, and the prospects for developing new quality productive forces are bright. (CCTV)
Argentina's MERVAL index closed up 1.31% to 2.231 million points.Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau: If Trump imposes a 25% tariff, Canada will take countermeasures. Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau said on Monday that if US President-elect Trump imposes a 25% tariff on goods imported from Canada, Ottawa will also take tariff measures to fight back. Trudeau said at an event organized by the Chamber of Commerce in Halifax, Nova Scotia: "Of course, we will respond to unfair tariffs in many ways as we did eight years ago, and we are still studying the appropriate response." The Canadian leader said that there are signs that Americans are "beginning to realize that imposing tariffs on all goods imported from Canada will make the cost of living for Americans much higher".The partner promoted by McKinsey is the smallest in many years, and McKinsey will accept about 200 employees to join its partnership, which is the smallest in many years.