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The Russian Defense Ministry said that within one week (December 7-13), the Russian army eliminated 12,090 Ukrainian troops in a special military operation against Ukraine.The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index rose to 0.6%.Russia's GDP in the third quarter increased by 3.1% year-on-year, in line with expectations.

Twenty-three domestic enterprises in the field of solid-state battery manufacturing have received 73 rounds of financing. According to incomplete statistics, up to now, 23 domestic enterprises in the field of solid-state battery manufacturing (including solid-state batteries, solid-state electrolytes, cathode materials, etc.) have received 73 rounds of financing. It is estimated that the number and amount of financing projects in the solid-state battery industry chain in 2024 are expected to exceed 2023 and reach a new high. Specifically, Qingtao Energy received 10 rounds of financing, Beijing Weilan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. received 8 rounds of financing, Xinjie Energy Technology (Jiangsu) Co., Ltd., Tailan New Energy and Shenzhen Suolide New Materials Technology Co., Ltd. received 7 rounds of financing, ranking high.Italian President Mattarella accepted an exclusive interview with the reception desk in Beijing. Visiting China again after seven years, he said that China's development is changing with each passing day and has made great progress in many aspects. Opposing war and confrontation, he believes that the development of the world needs mutual respect and appreciation from all countries. Talking about the relations between the two countries, he said that Italy attaches great importance to this, and mutual understanding and trust are the cornerstones of Italian-Chinese friendship. (CCTV International News)Funds continue to enter the market through the channel. The net subscription of stock ETFs exceeded 36.5 billion in the month. Since December, funds have continued to enter the market through stock ETFs (transactional open index funds). The data shows that as of December 13, the net subscription share of stock ETFs in the month reached 36.543 billion. From the perspective of specific capital flow, broad-based ETFs attract gold strongly, and many CSI A 500 ETFs and CSI 300ETF are actively subscribed by investors. In addition, dividend ETFs are also net subscribed by investors. (Securities Daily)

Economists predict that the Fed will only cut interest rates three times next year. Economists surveyed by Bloomberg expect that the Fed will cut interest rates for the third time in a row this month, and lower the expected number of interest rate cuts next year. The market expects Federal Reserve Chairman Powell and his colleagues to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week. If the expectation is true, it means that interest rates have been lowered by 1 percentage point since September. Next year's interest rate cut will slow down faster than officials expected three months ago. Most economists predict that interest rates will be cut only three times in 2025 because of the small progress in fighting inflation.According to sources, the US Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation involved Musk's purchase of Twitter shares in 2022 and whether he intended to benefit from it.Liquid, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, received a valuation of $2.3 billion in the latest round of financing.