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African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.French President Macron told party leaders that he did not want to dissolve the National Assembly within the remaining 30 months of his term.The EU plans to issue 90 billion euros of bonds in the first half of 2025.

At most, alumina and Shanghai nickel closed down more than 1.7%, international copper closed up 0.10%, Shanghai copper closed flat, Shanghai aluminum closed down 0.10%, Shanghai zinc closed up 0.17%, Shanghai lead closed down 0.34%, Shanghai nickel closed down 1.47% and Shanghai tin closed up 0.13%. Alumina closed down 1.76% at night. Stainless steel night plate closed down 0.84%.Padilla, Secretary of the Institutional Relations Secretariat of the Brazilian Presidential Palace: We are cooperating with the Congress, and I want to strengthen our commitment to complete the voting on the financial plan this year.For the second week in a row, the US Treasury cut the auction scale of 4-cycle and 8-cycle Treasury bills, and the US Treasury cut the bidding scale of benchmark Treasury bills with the shortest term on Tuesday. The U.S. Treasury Department said it plans to issue 80 billion U.S. dollars of 4-term Treasury bonds on Thursday, which is 5 billion dollars less than the previous issuance of treasury bonds of the same maturity. The Ministry also announced that it would issue $75 billion of eight-term Treasury bills on Thursday, which was also reduced by $5 billion. The auction scale of 17-period Treasury bonds to be issued on Wednesday remains unchanged at $64 billion.

EIA short-term energy outlook report: WTI crude oil price is estimated to be 77 USD/barrel in 2024, compared with 77 USD/barrel previously expected. It is estimated that the price of WTI crude oil will be USD 69/barrel in 2025, compared with USD 72/barrel previously. It is estimated that the price of Brent crude oil will be $81/barrel in 2024, which was previously expected to be $81/barrel. It is estimated that the price of Brent crude oil will be $74/barrel in 2025, compared with $76/barrel previously. It is estimated that the US crude oil production will be 13.24 million barrels per day in 2024, compared with the previous forecast of 13.23 million barrels per day. It is estimated that the US crude oil production will be 13.53 million barrels per day in 2025, compared with the previous forecast of 13.53 million barrels per day.White House: We assume that Austin Dees is still alive, and there is no information to the contrary.Spain's National Natural Gas Company: In November, Spain imported 61.0% of natural gas, and 39.0% of pipeline natural gas.