According to the media, air strikes against Syria provide an opportunity to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. On December 12, The Israel Times quoted Israeli military officials as saying that the Israeli military believed that Israeli warplanes and drones gained huge air superiority after air strikes destroyed almost all Syria's air defense equipment, which enabled Israeli warplanes to pass through Syrian airspace more safely and launch attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities.Brazilian President Lula posted a video on social media for the first time after undergoing head surgery.The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index rose to 0.6%.
Market information: According to satellite photo analysis and Ukrainian intelligence assessment, Russia seems to be withdrawing some troops from Syria after the sudden collapse of the Assad regime.Dan Morehead, founder and managing partner of Pantera Capital: Cryptographic currency is a new asset class, which has not been developed by institutional investors to a large extent. Still optimistic about the long-term development trend of cryptocurrency market.Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.
European natural gas futures fell by more than 11% this week, and the EU carbon tax fell by about 6%. At the end of the European market on Friday (December 13th), ICE UK natural gas futures fell by 3.41% to 102.560p/kcal, with a cumulative decline of 11.49% this week. TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 3.57% to 41.030 Euro/MWh, down 11.67% this week. ICE EU carbon emissions trading license (futures price) fell 2.80% to 64.25 euros/ton, down 5.94% this week.Market News: The daily active users of cryptocurrency reached a record high of 18.7 million in December, a significant increase compared with 7.7 million at the beginning of 2024.Former US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was hospitalized for injuries in Europe. Pelosi's office said in a statement on Friday that former US House Speaker nancy pelosi was injured during his trip to Luxemburg and has been taken to hospital for evaluation. It is reported that Pelosi has received good treatment and will continue to work.