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Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 109,693.20.Albertson terminated its merger with krogh and announced an increase in dividend and repurchase plan. albertson Company announced that it had exercised its right to terminate its merger agreement with krogh, because the US District Court in Oregon and the District Court in Washington issued an injunction on the proposed merger on December 10th. Vivek Sankaran, CEO of the company, commented: "In view of the recent decision of the federal and state courts to block the proposed merger between the company and krogh, we have made a difficult decision to terminate the merger agreement. We are very disappointed with the court's decision. " In addition, the board of directors of albertson Company plans to increase the quarterly cash dividend from $0.12 to $0.15 per share, and approved a stock repurchase plan of up to $2 billion.After the publication of CPI in the United States, the probability that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December has almost been fully priced. According to CME's "Fed Observation", the probability that the Fed will keep the current interest rate unchanged by December is 2.3%, and the cumulative probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 97.7%. The probability of keeping the current interest rate unchanged by January next year is 1.7%, the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 71.2%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 50 basis points is 27.1%.

The China Securities Association held a plenary meeting of the professional committee on securities brokerage, wealth management and asset management, which was held in Beijing on December 3rd. The meeting stressed that the securities industry should focus on its main business, optimize supply, improve its value creation ability, form a diversified financial product and service system suitable for the needs of various investors, and implement the strategic layout of "five big articles"; Adhere to the customer-centered, practice the development concept of finance serving the country and finance serving the people, and correctly handle the relationship between functionality and profitability; Actively serve the national strategic needs, optimize product design, innovate service models, and provide more long-term financial support for the real economy. The meeting summarized the key work of the Committee in 2024 and discussed the work plan for 2025. In the next stage, the Committee will further play its role as a platform for communication, deliberation and handling affairs, unite industry consensus, guide the industry to focus on its main business, give full play to the functions of wealth managers, continuously improve its professional service capabilities, provide full chain services for investors' property preservation and appreciation, and help the high-quality development of the capital market.The Shanghai Stock Exchange approved the refinancing of Dizhe Medicine to support the development of new quality productivity. The announcement of Dizhe Medicine shows that the private placement plan of Dizhe Medicine in science and technology innovation board has been approved by the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This is the first time that the refinancing of unprofitable enterprises in Shanghai Stock Exchange has been approved since the issuance of the Eight Measures on Deepening science and technology innovation board's Reform, Service, Scientific and Technological Innovation and Development of New Productivity by CSRC. As a listed company with the fifth standard in science and technology innovation board, Dizhe Medicine's refinancing has been approved by Shanghai Stock Exchange, which reflects the institutional inclusiveness and support of the capital market for supporting new quality productivity and unprofitable technology-based enterprises with key core technologies, great market potential and outstanding scientific and technological attributes. Dizhe Medicine said that the company's refinancing will help the company to further accelerate product research and development and production base construction, create new quality productivity, implement major national strategies, promote products to the sea, and give scientific and technological impetus to the development of biomedical economy. (Sina Technology)At the opening of the night session, the main contract of No.20 glue rose by nearly 2%, and the main contracts of low sulfur fuel oil (LU) and coking coal rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the main contract of alumina fell by more than 1%, and the main contract of palm oil and soybean meal fell by nearly 1%.

Senior energy safety official: Poland will start looking for partners for the construction of the second nuclear power plant in early 2025.Market news: Poland will promote common defense funds during its presidency of the European Union.Huayuan Real Estate: It is planned to transfer the assets and liabilities related to real estate development business to Huayuan Group, the controlling shareholder of the company. Huayuan Real Estate announced the change, and the company is planning major asset sales and related transactions. It is planned to transfer the assets and liabilities related to real estate development business to Huayuan Group, the controlling shareholder of the company, that is, the company plans to transfer 100% equity of Huayuan Real Estate. As of the evaluation benchmark date (April 30, 2024), the company's receivables from Huayuan Real Estate and its subsidiaries are as follows.