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WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% at $3.1820/million British heat.Damascus, the capital of Syria, and Homs, the central city, were attacked. The reporter learned on the 9th local time that Israel launched attacks on Damascus, the capital of Syria, and Homs, the central city. On the same day, there were many air strikes near the western suburbs of Damascus, Syria, and the Damascus Scientific Research Center was attacked, with more than four explosions. It is reported that in the past few hours, the Israeli army destroyed all air defense bases in Syria, most military airports, Syrian fighter planes and helicopter formations, long-range missile depots, strategic weapons warehouses and dozens of tunnels connecting Syria and Lebanon. At present, the Israeli side has no response to this.Front-page article of China Securities Journal: Focus on synergy and cohesion to boost confidence in the stock market. The front-page article of China Securities Journal said that the the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee meeting held on December 9 proposed to "stabilize the property market and stock market". Market participants believe that the key to stabilizing the stock market is to enhance the internal stability of the market, enhance the investment value of listed companies, crack down on securities crimes, strengthen investor protection, and effectively boost investor confidence. This is a systematic project, involving many aspects, which needs to be exerted in the same direction and form a joint force. The emphasis on coordination, grasping the key, will help to better cohesion and create good conditions for the healthy development of the capital market.

WTI January crude oil futures closed up 1.17 USD, or 1.74% to 68.37 USD/barrel. Nymex January natural gas futures closed up 3.45% at $3.1820/million British heat.The co-founder of OpenAI expressed his hope to provide products in Europe, and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, posted on social media X that he hoped to provide the company's products in Europe. "We want to provide our products in Europe ... we must also abide by the regulations," Altman said on X. Altman also said in the post that the release of European products may be delayed and some services may not be available.At the end of the year, banks intensively sold certificates of deposit at the highest interest rate of 3%. Near the end of the year, many small and medium-sized banks began to sell certificates of deposit, and the annualized interest rates of some three-year and five-year certificates of deposit could reach more than 2%, even as high as 3%. At the same time, some banks have "raised the deposit interest rate against the trend" to attract depositors. The industry believes that near the end of the year, although some small and medium-sized banks raised deposit interest rates, on the whole, the downward trend of deposit interest rates is a general trend, and there is still room for downward trend in the future. (Securities Daily)

Raw sugar futures fell more than 1.5%, while new york cocoa futures rose more than 3.5% and continued to hit a record high. In late new york on Monday (December 9), ICE raw sugar futures fell 1.56% and ICE white sugar futures fell 1.21%. Coffee "C" futures 0.94%. Robusta coffee futures rose 1.39%. New york cocoa futures rose 3.52% to $10,200/ton, reaching $10,454 at 21:44 Beijing time, continuing to hit a record high. London cocoa futures rose 2.17% to 8061, and also rose to 8306 at 21:45, a record high. ICE cotton futures fell 0.23%.Traders said that Spanish buyers have bought a lot of American corn in the past few weeks, exceeding 400,000 tons.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.