US stocks closed mixed. Broadcom rose more than 24%, and its market value broke through one trillion dollars. US stocks closed mixed. The Dow fell 0.20%, falling for the seventh consecutive trading day, the Nasdaq rose 0.12%, and the S&P 500 index was flat. This week, the Dow fell 1.82%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.64% and the Nasdaq rose 0.34%. Broadcom rose more than 24%, and its market value exceeded $1 trillion for the first time. Broadcom's AI revenue increased by 220% to US$ 12.2 billion this year. It is estimated that the revenue of AI products will increase by 65% in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2025. Maiwell Technology rose nearly 11%, and its share price reached a record high, because its big competitor Broadcom released an optimistic revenue forecast. TSMC rose by 5%. According to industry sources, TSMC is committed to integrating CoWoS and SiPh, seeking to launch co-packaged optical devices (CPO) in 2026. In addition, Apple cooperates with Broadcom to develop AI chips, and TSMC's advanced process will welcome big orders again. Tesla rose more than 4%, continuing to hit a record high. The report said that the Trump transition team proposed to abolish the current general order requiring automakers to report accidents related to autonomous driving systems.Spot gold fell more than 1.00% in the day and is now reported at $2,652.65 per ounce.Argentina's MERVAL index closed up 3.06% to 2.375 million points, a record closing high, with a cumulative increase of 7.82% this week.
Canada encourages the pension fund industry to invest in the local market. Canada has announced a plan to encourage the pension fund industry to invest in the local market. It will lift the 30% restriction on pension funds investing in Canadian local entities, and will add a venture capital plan of 1 billion Canadian dollars, hoping to attract pension funds. It will also invest up to 1 billion Canadian dollars in companies with medium growth rate.Coca-Cola Brazil invested R $550 million (US$ 91 million) to expand the concentrated solution plant in Amazon.Chicago wheat futures fell more than 1.1%, US demand fell, and global supply was strong. In late new york on Friday (December 13th), the Bloomberg Grain Sub-index fell 0.71% to 31.5695 points, and this week it has fallen 0.09%. CBOT corn futures fell 0.23% to $ 4.42-1/2 a bushel, up 0.57% this week. CBOT wheat futures fell 1.16% to $5.52/bushel, down 0.72% this week. CBOT soybean futures fell 0.77% to 9.95-1/2 USD/bushel, down 0.25% this week; Soybean meal futures fell by 1.21%, and fell by 0.67% this week, while soybean oil futures fell by 0.07% and fell by 0.65% this week.
Diesel exports along the Gulf Coast soared to a record high in early December last year.Trump proposed that the EU send peacekeepers to Ukraine. On the 12th, the US Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that US President-elect Trump had proposed that EU member states send peacekeepers to Ukraine to monitor a possible ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. The article said that on the 7th, during his talks with French President Macron and Ukrainian President Zelensky, Trump said that Europe should play a major role in monitoring the ceasefire, and the United States would not send troops to participate. According to the report, the proposal is still in its early stage, and it is still unclear which countries will participate, how many troops will be sent and what role the United States will play in it. At the same time, it is also unknown whether EU countries can deploy soldiers to participate in the mission and whether they can get domestic political support. However, according to informed sources, Trump is not obsessed with any specific plan to end the conflict, and he has not thought deeply about this issue at present.Standard & Poor's: Cyprus is upgraded to A-, and the outlook is stable. The economic and financial situation (in the euro zone) performed well, so the rating was upgraded.