Market News: NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, focusing on artificial intelligence to drive cars.With a case value of 6.891 billion yuan, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Huangpu Customs launched a special campaign to crack down on smuggling and fraudulent tax refund, which was announced by the Customs. Recently, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Huangpu Customs, together with the Third Branch of the Securities Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Economic Investigation Corps of the Hunan Provincial Public Security Department and the Yueyang Public Security Bureau of Hunan Province, launched a special campaign to crack down on smuggling and fraudulent tax refund, and simultaneously carried out arrests and investigations in Dongguan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yueyang and Jinjiang. After preliminary investigation, criminal gangs were suspected of smuggling imported LCD screens and integrated circuits with a case value of 756 million yuan, falsely issuing special invoices for value-added tax and defrauding export tax rebate of 6.135 billion yuan, with a total case value of 6.891 billion yuan.Indian Rupee's exchange rate against the US dollar fell below 84.86, a record low.
Home improvement stocks continued to rise, with daily limit of Wole Home, Meike Home, Yazhen Home, Mengtian Home, Jinpai Home and Double Gun Technology, while Dinggu Set rose by over 10%, while Shangpin home delivery, Fun Sleep Technology and Wrigley Home rose by over 5%.Institution: The battery price stabilized in November, and it is expected to rise slightly in 2025. On December 12, according to the latest research of TrendForce Jibang Consulting, in November 2024, the sales of electric vehicles in China continued to increase, which boosted the demand for power batteries, and the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate batteries remained stable, while the ternary batteries declined slightly. The demand for batteries in the energy storage market maintained the peak season characteristics, and with the price advantage of large-capacity batteries, the proportion of shipments increased. However, the average price of energy storage batteries continued to decline in November due to the slowdown in demand for orders at the end of the year. The agency expects that the price of some lithium battery materials may rise slightly in the peak season of 2025, which is expected to repair the serious losses of the company in the early stage. However, due to the fact that the relationship between supply and demand has not changed from surplus to shortage, the expected increase in material prices is limited, and battery manufacturers actively control costs, the battery price trend will be stable next year.Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira. On December 9, 2024, Minister Lan Foan met with World Trade Organization Director-General Ivira in Beijing. The two sides exchanged views on enhancing the transparency of subsidy policy, supporting the operation of global trust funds and maintaining the multilateral trading system.
Daiwa Capital Market raised the target price of Tesla from $285 to $420.Israel's Mossad Director held talks with Qatar's Prime Minister on promoting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza. Two Israeli sources revealed that Israel's Intelligence and Secret Service (Mossad) Director Barnea visited Doha, Qatar, on the 11th and held talks with Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammad. The two sides focused on promoting the ceasefire negotiations in Gaza.New Zealand plans to modify the "golden visa" to attract wealthy immigrants, and the New Zealand government is planning to modify its so-called "golden visa" program to attract more wealthy immigrants to invest in New Zealand. The active investor PLUS visa has always attracted the rich to New Zealand, bringing an average of NZ $1 billion (US$ 580 million) to New Zealand every year, but it has been sluggish since the rules changed in 2022. According to the data of Immigration New Zealand, in the past two years, only 35 applications were fully approved, equivalent to NZ $352 million in investment funds. In an interview in Wellington on Thursday, Finance Minister Nicola Willis said, "We realized that the previous government changed these settings, and we saw a significant drop in the number of investors. You can expect to see our announcement in this regard in the next few weeks. "