Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan discussed the situation in Syria and Gaza with US Secretary of State Blinken. Turkish Foreign Minister Fidan: We discussed the possible roles of Turkey and the United States in Syria in the future. Our primary task is to ensure the stability of Syria and prevent extremist organizations "Islamic State" and the PKK from taking control of Syria.Centaline Property: The price of second-hand houses in Hong Kong dropped by 0.6% on a weekly basis. Centaline Property said on its website that in the week from December 2 to 8, the leading index of Central Plains cities, which measures the price of second-hand houses in Hong Kong, fell by 0.6% to 137.59.FTSE China A50 index futures fell 2%.
The main contract of Shanghai and Shenzhen 300 stock index futures (IF) fell by 2.00% in the day and is now reported at 3,955.2 points.Villeroi, Governing Committee of the European Central Bank: Interest rates will be cut several times next year. Francois Villeroy de Galhau, a member of the Board of Governors of the European Central Bank, said that the European Central Bank will further reduce borrowing costs in 2025, and there is still a way to go before monetary policy is no longer restrictive. "There will be more interest rate cuts next year, and many times," he said on BFM Business TV on Friday He added that the central bank did not promise the specific interest rate trajectory in advance, but was "quite satisfied with the financial market forecast". The current expectation of the swap market is to cut interest rates by about 120 basis points by the end of next year.AI glasses ushered in the limelight, and Google reached a cooperation with domestic manufacturers. According to the news, on December 13, at the Android XR conference, Google reached a strategic cooperation with domestic consumer-grade AR glasses manufacturer XREAL to jointly build the Android XR ecosystem. According to media reports, OPPO, vivo, Huawei, Tencent and ByteDance are all evaluating the AI glasses project. In addition, a number of listed companies said on the investor question and answer platform that they have corresponding technology or product reserves in AI glasses. Huaxin Securities Research Report pointed out that AI glasses have become a new outlet in the smart wear market, or lead the next generation of terminal revolution. AI glasses not only have the effect of virtual vision enhancement, but also realize real-time analysis of user behavior and environment by integrating artificial intelligence algorithms, providing more accurate and personalized services. AI glasses also improve comfort and prolong wearing time in design and portability. At the same time, it provides a more natural and convenient interactive experience innovation through various sensing technologies. With the gradual reduction of costs, AI glasses are expected to be further widely used. According to the report of Wellsenn XR, it is estimated that after 2030, the AI+AR smart glasses industry will enter a period of rapid development; By 2035, AI+AR smart glasses will eventually replace traditional smart glasses, and the global sales of AI+AR smart glasses will reach 1.4 billion units, which is equivalent to the size of smart phones and will become the next generation general computing platform and terminal. (Securities Times)
Barclays: The Central Economic Work Conference released more signals of policy support, which was held in Beijing from December 11th to 12th. The Barclays research team said that the Central Economic Work Conference provided more forward-looking guidance and released more policy support signals. Barclays said that on the whole, the meeting made it clear that "stable economic growth should be maintained next year" and emphasized "implementing more active macro policies" and "vigorously boosting consumption". The agency believes that regulators are more likely to introduce policies in a gradual manner. At the same time, when measuring the rhythm, scale and composition of the next round of measures, we should focus on the development and changes of real estate and stock market. Barclays expects that a more specific financial plan will be announced in March next year. In terms of monetary policy, the meeting proposed to implement a "moderately loose monetary policy". Barclays believes that this change in wording and position has released a positive signal, especially considering the current environment, it is expected that the central bank may cut interest rates significantly in the future. (SSE)The organization looks forward to the semiconductor industry in 2025: the AI replacement tide leads the growth, and the semiconductor ETF(512480) may usher in new development opportunities. On December 13, the semiconductor ETF(512480) closed down by 1.38%, with a turnover of 1.671 billion yuan. The constituent stocks are mixed, and Zhaoyi Innovation leads the rise. In terms of decline, SMIC led the decline. CICC said that after the boom in 2024, it is expected that the inventory of the semiconductor industry will stabilize and the relationship between supply and demand will be more balanced in 2025. With the gradual landing of AI cloud and end demand, domestic semiconductor elements will usher in new development opportunities. In addition, the AI-changing tide has a pulling effect on the downstream demand of the semiconductor design sector, which is expected to accelerate the growth of the semiconductor design sector in 2025 and inject new vitality into the industry.Wen Ning Ke, former CEO of ASML, will be the chairman of the supervisory board of Heineken in April next year. Heineken Holdings announced on December 13th that Peter Wen Ning Ke, vice chairman of the supervisory board and former CEO of ASML, will be the chairman of the supervisory board in April next year, replacing Jean-Marc Huët. Wen Ning Ke joined the Board of Supervisors of Heineken at this year's annual general meeting of shareholders, and is an important member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and Selection and Appointment Committee.