HKEx: On December 10th, Standard Chartered Bank repurchased 546,284 shares for 5.4 million pounds in other transactions.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.The Group of Seven is expected to support the transitional government of Syria, Qatar, to get in touch with the new leaders, and the leaders of the Group of Seven (G-7) will be willing to support the new Syrian government, provided that the transitional process respects minorities, and Qatar has become one of the first countries to establish communication with the armed groups that overthrew the Assad regime. According to the draft announcement that the G-7 plans to issue later this week, the G-7 "hopes that all opposition groups seeking to play a role in Syrian governance will show their commitment to the rights of all Syrians". The Group of Seven will say that this group of countries, including the United States, wants to see the safe return of millions of Syrians who fled under Assad. Many of them flooded into G-7 countries such as Germany after the outbreak of the Syrian war in 2011.
Morgan stanley capital international's MSCI Nordic Countries Index fell 0.5%, the worst one-day performance since November 15th (down 1.7%), at 383.03 points. Nibe Industrier AB, a heating technology company, fell 2.0%, which was the worst among the constituent stocks.Huaan Securities: It plans to buy back up to 200 million yuan of shares for cancellation. Huaan Securities announced that the company plans to buy back RMB common stock A shares by centralized bidding through the trading system of Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the repurchase price does not exceed 9.36 yuan/share. The total amount of repurchase funds is not less than 100 million yuan and not more than 200 million yuan. According to the upper limit of the repurchase amount, it is estimated that the number of repurchased shares is about 21,367,500 shares, accounting for about 0.45% of the company's current total share capital; According to the lower limit of the repurchase amount, it is estimated that the number of repurchased shares is about 10,683,800 shares, accounting for about 0.23% of the company's current total share capital. All the repurchased shares will be used for cancellation and reduction of registered capital. Creditors may require the company to pay off debts or provide corresponding guarantees within 30 days after receiving the notice or within 45 days after the announcement.China Pacific Insurance: In the first 11 months, the accumulated life insurance premium income was 228.8 billion yuan. China Pacific Insurance announced that during the period from January 1, 2024 to November 30, 2024, the accumulated original insurance premium income of China Pacific Life Insurance Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the company, was 228.842 billion yuan, up 2.2% year-on-year. The accumulated original insurance premium income of China Pacific Property Insurance Co., Ltd. was 187.033 billion yuan, up 7.7% year-on-year.
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA): It is estimated that the ending inventory of corn in the United States is 1.738 billion bushels, and analysts expect 1.90192 billion bushels. USDA had previously expected 1.938 billion bushels.CEO of Goldman Sachs (GS.N): I believe that the new government's decision on tariffs will be made in a way around growth.Huaan Securities: It plans to buy back up to 200 million yuan of shares for cancellation. Huaan Securities announced that the company plans to buy back RMB common stock A shares by centralized bidding through the trading system of Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the repurchase price does not exceed 9.36 yuan/share. The total amount of repurchase funds is not less than 100 million yuan and not more than 200 million yuan. According to the upper limit of the repurchase amount, it is estimated that the number of repurchased shares is about 21,367,500 shares, accounting for about 0.45% of the company's current total share capital; According to the lower limit of the repurchase amount, it is estimated that the number of repurchased shares is about 10,683,800 shares, accounting for about 0.23% of the company's current total share capital. All the repurchased shares will be used for cancellation and reduction of registered capital. Creditors may require the company to pay off debts or provide corresponding guarantees within 30 days after receiving the notice or within 45 days after the announcement.