Iran has agreed to the IAEA's additional supervision of the Foldo uranium enrichment plant. In a report, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran has agreed to the United Nations nuclear watchdog to take additional supervision measures on its Foldo uranium enrichment plant, after Iran indicated that it plans to significantly increase the production of highly enriched uranium at the plant. The IAEA said last week that Iran has transformed its Fordo uranium enrichment plant, located south of Tehran, which will "significantly increase the production speed of uranium with an abundance of 60%", which is close to 90% needed to make nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency called on Iran to carry out inspections urgently, while European powers urged Tehran to "immediately stop its nuclear upgrade".Market news: Israel said that the IDF will stay on the Syrian side of Mount Hermon for several months.BOC International: Reiterating that China Telecom is the first choice for the "buy" rating of Chinese telecom stocks, BOC International published a research report that the contribution of cloud services to revenue and profit continues to promote the growth of Chinese telecom operators, and cloud and artificial intelligence services are becoming the only sustainable driving force for Chinese telecom operators' revenue and EBITDA. China Telecom and China Unicom have recorded steady growth in profit margin of EBITDA in two quarters this year. With the development of state-owned enterprises and local governments, the bank expects to support the development of end-to-end proprietary cloud infrastructure services for telecom operators for a long time to improve security and regulatory requirements, and at the same time, Chinese telecom stocks can provide attractive valuation and dividend returns to support their long-term performance. Therefore, it reiterates its "buy" rating for Chinese telecom stocks, with China Telecom as the first choice, followed by China Unicom and China Mobile.
Gao Ruidong, chief economist of Everbright Securities: The capital market is working harder to serve the new quality productivity. The Central Economic Work Conference was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. Gao Ruidong, chief economist and director of the research institute of Everbright Securities, said in an interview that the Central Economic Work Conference set the general tone of macro-control in 2025 and in the future, emphasizing that fiscal and monetary policies are more powerful, real estate policies are further strengthened, and capital markets are more energetic in serving new quality productivity. "The capital market will be more powerful in serving new quality productivity." Gao Ruidong said that on the one hand, improve the multi-level financial service system, expand patient capital, attract social capital to participate in venture capital, and cultivate innovative enterprises in a gradient; On the other hand, deepen the comprehensive reform of investment and financing in the capital market, explore and expand the macro-prudential and financial stability functions of the central bank, innovate financial instruments, stabilize the financial market, and better serve the development of new quality productive forces. (SSE)Blinken asked Turkey to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement, and US Secretary of State Blinken asked Turkey to use its relations with Hamas to urge Hamas to agree to the hostage agreement. Blinken said that during his talks with the Turkish President and Turkish Foreign Minister, he discussed the necessity of Hamas saying "yes" to the ceasefire agreement in Gaza. Blinken said: "We talked about the need for Hamas to agree to the (Gaza) agreement, which may eventually help end the war."Baose shares: the related party transaction project that won the bid of 8.7 million yuan was announced by Baose shares. Recently, the company participated in the public bidding for the procurement of DCS and TCS disproportionation reactors for the 80,000-ton electronic-grade granular polysilicon industrial upgrading project of Shaanxi Nonferrous Tianhong Ruike Silicon Materials Co., Ltd., and received the Notice of Winning Bid on December 3, 2024, and confirmed the company as the winning bidder with the winning amount of 8.7 million yuan. It is now planned to sign the contract for the winning project. Shaanxi Nonferrous Tianhong New Energy Co., Ltd., the controlling shareholder of Tianrui Company, is a wholly-owned grandson company of Shaanxi Nonferrous Metals Holding Group Co., Ltd., the actual controller of the company, so this transaction constitutes a connected transaction. The contract amount is 8.7 million yuan, and the delivery time is completed within six months from the date of signing the contract and receiving the buyer's formal order making notice. The payment method is installment payment according to the payment proportion of advance payment, delivery payment, performance acceptance payment and quality guarantee payment agreed in the contract.
The Bank of France expects France's economy to grow at zero month-on-month in the fourth quarter. The Bank of France, BNP Paribas, recently released the results of its monthly economic survey, and it is expected that France's gross domestic product (GDP) will grow at zero month-on-month in the fourth quarter of this year. (Xinhua News Agency)The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index of Malaysia closed up 0.4% at 1,608.75.In the first three quarters, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing released the China Road Freight Development Report (2023-2024) today (13th). According to the report, due to the adjustment of transportation structure, although the proportion of road transportation in China has declined, it is still the main body of the freight market, and road freight has maintained steady growth. According to the report, in the first three quarters of this year, China's total cargo transportation was 41.63 billion tons, up 2.3% year-on-year. From the perspective of freight structure, the proportion of freight undertaken by railway and waterway transportation has increased, while the proportion of road transportation has decreased. In the first three quarters, the volume of road freight transport was 30.66 billion tons, up 3.1% year-on-year, accounting for more than 73%. Road transport is still the main body of the freight market. (CCTV News)