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Brent crude oil rose by 1.00% in the day and is now reported at $72.48/barrel.United Nations report: Three quarters of the earth's land is gradually dry due to climate change. The 16th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP 16) was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, from December 2 to 13. On the 9th, the United Nations released a report during the meeting, saying that about three-quarters of the world's land has gradually become dry due to climate change. The report found that in the 30 years before 2020, about 77.6% of the world's land became drier than before. At present, except Antarctica, the dry land area accounts for about 40% of the global land area. Between 1990 and 2020 alone, the global dry land area increased by 4.3 million square kilometers.The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index reported 1157.64 points, up 3.54 points or 0.31%.
White House: We are discussing with Turkey the current situation of detention facilities in Syria and our concerns about the possibility of opening these facilities.USD/JPY of USD/JPY continued to rise, breaking through the 152 mark, and now it is up by 0.04%, after falling by 0.5%.Nanshan aluminum: It is planned to buy back shares at a price of 300-600 million yuan and use it for cancellation. nanshan aluminum announced that the company plans to buy back shares by centralized bidding, and the amount of repurchase is not less than 300 million yuan (inclusive) and not more than 600 million yuan (inclusive), and the source of funds is the company's own funds. The repurchased shares will be used to cancel and reduce the registered capital of the company. The maximum price of repurchased shares shall not exceed 6.24 yuan/share.
Chief Financial Officer of Citigroup: I feel very good about this year's revenue performance. Citigroup is expected to achieve the high end of the revenue guidance range in 2024, and plans to increase the stock repurchase scale after the bank's capital prospects are further clarified. "It is my top priority to return more of Citi's capital to investors," Mark Mason, chief financial officer of Citigroup, said at a conference organized by Goldman Sachs on Tuesday. "I am well aware of our trading level compared with our peers." Mason also said that the bank expects to reach the high end of the income guidance of $80 billion to $81 billion this year. "So it feels very good," he said. Mason said that spending may also be at the high end of the range. This shows that the bank will realize the forecast of two key indicators at the beginning of the year.New Oriental (09901.HK): Yang Zhuang has resigned as an independent director of the Company with effect from December 16, 2024. On the same day, Yang Zhuang also resigned as a member of the Audit Committee, a member of the Remuneration Committee and the Chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee.African stock market | South Africa's stock index closed down more than 0.4%, led by basic metal mining stocks Glencore, Anglo-American and BHP Billiton. On Tuesday (December 10th), South Africa's FTSE /JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradeable Index closed down 0.44% to 78,703.60 points. Glencore, a constituent stock, closed down 2.56%, Anglo-American Company fell 1.99%, BHP Billiton Group fell 1.74%, ranking third from the bottom, Jintian Company rose 0.75%, ranking sixth, and harmony Gold rose 0.81%, ranking fifth. The South African rand is currently down 0.56% against the US dollar, temporarily reporting 17.8720 rand, which is the highest level since November 11, which was set on Monday.