WTI crude oil futures closed up $1.27, or more than 1.81%, to $71.29/barrel, approaching the closing price of $71.96 on November 7, with a cumulative increase of more than 6.08% this week.According to a report quoted by Israel Channel 12, Israel expects to reach an agreement with Hamas within one month.CFTC: Chicago corn bullish sentiment hit a 21-month high, CFTC: In the week of December 10th, the net long position of CBOT corn held by speculators increased to 165,890 contracts, a 21-month high. Net short position of CBOT wheat decreased. CBOT soybean net short position hit a four-week low, and soybean meal net short position hit a three-week low. Arabica coffee net bulls hit a four-week low. Turn bullish on raw sugar. ICE cotton net short position hit a three-week high. The net long position of fattening cows increased to 19,866 contracts, a record high in recent 13 years. The net long position of live cattle hit a five-year high. The net long position of orange juice hit a 21-month high.
The financial difficulties led to the sell-off of the real, and the Brazilian central bank intervened, and the Brazilian central bank intervened in the foreign exchange market, which led to the sell-off of the real due to the deterioration of the country's financial prospects. Before the central bank issued the intervention statement, the real hovered near the intraday low, and the decline quickly narrowed after the statement was issued. At 14:52 Sao Paulo time (1:52 am Beijing time), the real fell by only 0.4% against the US dollar, making it no longer the worst emerging market currency on Friday.Turkish Foreign Minister: We hope to see an inclusive government in Syria.A sustained attack on a refugee camp in western Sudan has killed 57 people. On December 13th, local time, Ibrahim Khater, Minister of Health of Northern Darfur in western Sudan, said that since December 1st, Zazam refugee camp south of El Fasher, the capital of Northern Darfur, has been continuously shelled, which has so far killed 57 civilians and injured 376 others.
Fitch: It is expected that the freight cycle in the United States and Canada will begin to improve slowly in 2025.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.Sources: Databricks, an artificial intelligence and data company, has raised nearly $9.5 billion and is negotiating to raise an additional $4.5 billion in debt. The company's valuation will exceed $60 billion.
Strategy guide 12-14
Strategy guide 12-14