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On December 9, the top 20 US stock turnover: Apple hit a record high, with a market value exceeding 3.7 trillion US dollars. On Monday, Apple, the fifth US stock turnover, closed up 1.61%, and its share price reached a record high, with a turnover of 10.425 billion US dollars and a market value of about 3.73 trillion US dollars. It is reported that by 2025, a quarter of Apple's iPhone will be produced outside China, and India will become the most likely production base. As a fast-growing market, India has hundreds of millions of potential customers, and Samsung and China brands have launched fierce competition here. According to market research firm IDC, the average price of smartphones in India has risen from $192 in the third quarter of 2020 to $293 in the same period of 2024. Apple's market share increased by nearly 60% from the third quarter of 2023 to 2024, which was partly due to its launch of the old iPhone which was more close to the people. (Global Market Broadcast)National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC): Nearly 6 trillion yuan of government investment funds have been put into specific projects and are accelerating construction and implementation. Chengfeng Zhao, deputy director of the Investment Department of the NDRC, said that since the beginning of this year, the NDRC has made great efforts to increase government investment support, pay more attention to the accuracy and effectiveness of investment, and give full play to the driving amplification effect of government investment. This year, about 6 trillion yuan of government investment funds have been arranged, including 700 billion yuan of investment in the central budget, 1 trillion yuan of ultra-long-term special government bonds, 3.12 trillion yuan of local government special bonds for project construction, and 1 trillion yuan of additional government bonds in 2023, which are mainly used this year. At present, nearly 6 trillion yuan of government investment funds have been put into concrete projects, and the construction and implementation are being accelerated.Analyst: At present, it is not necessary for the central bank to cut interest rates again. Chen Xi, chief analyst of open source securities, believes that it is not necessary for the central bank to cut interest rates again at present, and the bond market is expected to show a volatile market in the future. On the one hand, the central bank has not substantially lowered the policy interest rate. On the other hand, the policy has turned to finance and real estate, and the current economy is already stabilizing and recovering. The central bank will not cut interest rates again in the short term.

Bitcoin futures fell by about 5%, once falling below $95,000, and cryptocurrency concept stocks generally fell. At the end of Monday (December 9) in new york, the main contract of CME Bitcoin futures BTC was reported at $97,485.00, which was 4.83% lower than that at the end of last Friday in new york. It was in a downward state all day and continued to fluctuate downwards, and once plunged to $94,640.00 at 05: 00 Beijing time (after the US stock market closed). The main contract of CME ethereum futures DCR was reported at $3,731.50, down 8.36% from last Friday, and it also fell to $3,498.50 at 05:05.Bonds are almost in a bearish state. Many brokers expect the Bank of China to cut interest rates next year, and the yield of 10-year government bonds may be around 1.8%. According to the Shanghai Stock Exchange, from the perspective of many institutions in 2025, the central bank's interest rate cuts will continue. Many institutions believe that in this context, the yield of 10-year government bonds will also fall to around 1.8%. Tan Yiming, a fixed-income analyst at Minsheng Securities, believes that this year's monetary policy framework reform has been promoted, and the 7-day reverse repo rate, as the main policy interest rate, has become the starting point of the interest rate transmission mechanism. It is expected that there will be one or two interest rate cuts in 2025, and the 7-day reverse repo rate will be lowered by about 20 to 40 basis points, and the 10-year government bond yield will be 1.7% to 1.8%.Industrial integration has injected new vitality, and the activity of mergers and acquisitions has increased. The data shows that since the beginning of this year, a total of 132 A-share companies have issued announcements related to mergers and acquisitions, compared with 82 in the same period last year. Among them, since the release of "Six Articles on Mergers and Acquisitions", nearly 50 listed companies have issued relevant announcements on mergers and acquisitions, and the process of mergers and acquisitions of listed companies has accelerated. Experts said that under the impetus of policies, the activity of mergers and acquisitions has been significantly improved, and industrial integration has become the main logic of mergers and acquisitions. Listed companies can seize the favorable opportunity of capital operation to promote mergers and acquisitions, which can quickly broaden their business fields, enrich their product matrix and achieve greater and stronger results. (china securities journal)

AppLovin closed down nearly 15%, the biggest one-day drop since August 2022.Brazilian Finance Minister haddad: We need to put aside the atmosphere of distrust.Reminder: Please pay attention to it during the day (the following are all Beijing time). ① It is possible to release the total amount of M2 money supply, new RMB loans and financing in China in November; ② The time to be determined is China's import and export and trade account in November; ③ At 11: 30, the Reserve Bank of Australia announced the interest rate resolution; ④ At 12: 30, Reserve Bank of Australia Chairman Brock held a press conference on monetary policy; ⑤ 15:00 Germany's November CPI final value; ⑥ At 01:00 the next day, us energy information administration (EIA) released the monthly short-term energy outlook report (STEO); ⑦ At 05:30 the next day, american petroleum institute (API) released the weekly crude oil inventory report.