Global Times editorial: China is still the main engine of global trade growth. Statistics recently released by official website of the General Administration of Customs show that the total import and export value of China's goods trade in the first 11 months of this year was 39.79 trillion yuan, up 4.9% year-on-year. Among them, exports reached 23.04 trillion yuan, up 6.7%; Imports reached 16.75 trillion yuan, up 2.4%. This is a further development of China's position as the world's largest country in goods trade for seven consecutive years, and its export accounts for 14.2% of the world's total in 2023, which means that the position of China manufacturing with high "cost performance" in the international production and supply chain continues to increase. The publication of this foreign trade "report card" once again shows the strong resilience and vitality of China's economy. (Global Times)Spot platinum just broke through the $940.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $940.55/oz, up 0.23% in the day; The main force of Nymex platinum futures recently reported $952.9 per ounce, up 0.40% in the day.The previous crude oil futures 2401 contract closed up 1.28% at 536.70 yuan/barrel. Shanghai Gold closed up 0.64% and Shanghai Bank closed up 0.04%.
Apple released iOS 18.2: Siri integrated ChatGPT. After more than six weeks of testing, Apple announced that iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2 and macOS Sequoia 15.2 were officially launched. It is reported that iOS 18.2 allows users to create custom Genmoji expressions, built-in application Playground that can generate images, and intelligent voice assistant Siri that integrates ChatGPT. According to public reports, at WWDC2024, Apple announced a cooperation with OpenAI, and Siri will integrate ChatGPT.The auction of 10-year treasury bonds in the United States from December 11: the bid multiple is 2.7, and the previous value is 2.58; The winning interest rate is 4.235%, and the previous value is 4.35%.More than 40 illegal immigrants have disappeared off the coast of Italy. No missing persons have been found yet. An Italian rescue organization said on the 11th local time that an 11-year-old girl was rescued in the waters near Lampedusa in the early morning. She said that her illegal immigrant boat had capsized and more than 40 people on board fell into the water. The Italian Coast Guard has launched a search and rescue operation, but no wreckage or missing persons have been found yet. (CCTV)
Trump's tariff risk is surging in the gold and silver market, new york futures premium is expanding, COMEX gold futures and COMEX silver futures premium are expanding, and traders weigh the possibility of including precious metals in the comprehensive tariff measures proposed by US President-elect Trump. At 21:24 Beijing time (within 10 minutes before the release of US CPI inflation data), the main contract of new york gold futures rose to 2759.70 nil/ounce, which was once 60 USD/ounce higher than the spot price; Silver futures are more than $1 an ounce, or 3%. "This is a pre-emptive panic pre-deployment before tariffs." Nicky Shiels, head of metal strategy at MKS Pamp SA, said. She said that banks and funds bought futures on the New York Mercantile Exchange and sold contracts in London, which promoted price fluctuations.Spot platinum just broke through the $940.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $940.55/oz, up 0.23% in the day; The main force of Nymex platinum futures recently reported $952.9 per ounce, up 0.40% in the day.The winning bid rate of US 10-year Treasury bonds is 4.235%, and the bid multiple is the highest in eight years. The winning bid rate of US Treasury's $39 billion 10-year Treasury bonds auction is 4.235%, and the pre-issue transaction rate is 4.252% when the bidding closes at 1 pm new york time. The allocation ratio of primary dealers is 10.5%, which is lower than the previous auction. The proportion of indirect bidders was increased to 70%, and the proportion of direct bidders was 19.5%. The bid multiple of 2.70 is the highest since 2016, and the average of the first six auctions is 2.54 times.