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Hang Seng Index fell 0.2%, led by Meituan. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.2% to 20,278.66 in Hong Kong for two consecutive days. Meituan dragged down the index the most, falling by 1.7%. Chuangke Industrial Co., Ltd. suffered the biggest decline, falling by 4.1%. In midday trading, 33 of the 83 stocks fell and 46 rose; Three of the four stocks fell, led by industrial and commercial stocks.The Central Finger Research Institute: In November, the price of second-hand houses in Beijing narrowed by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month. On December 11th, the Central Finger Research Institute released a map of the price of second-hand houses in the top ten cities in November 2024, showing that in November 2024, 18,763 sets of second-hand houses were sold in Beijing, up 8% from the previous month and 49.6% from the same period last year. The cumulative turnover from January to November increased by 8.2% compared with the same period last year. In terms of price, in November, the price of second-hand housing in Beijing fell by 0.12% month-on-month, narrowing by 0.17 percentage points from the previous month.Zhuo Chuang Information: In December, the cost side kept moving down the soybean meal price or followed the seasonal decline law. According to Zhuo Chuang Information, looking back on the whole year of 2024, the center of gravity of soybean meal price showed a downward trend. In December, the price of Brazil's soybean premium was continuously lowered, and the spot price of soybean meal was further lowered under the pressure of the cost side. The problem of soybean customs clearance repeatedly traded in the market has limited impact on domestic supply, while the breeding end has started to slaughter one after another, which has a negative impact on the demand for soybean meal. Therefore, Zhuo Chuang Information predicts that the spot price of soybean meal may follow the seasonal law in December, showing a downward trend.

At midday, the main contract of alumina futures opened lower, and now it is down nearly 3% to 5101 yuan/ton. In the news, according to Shanghai Nonferrous Metals, on December 10th, 30,000 tons of alumina was sold overseas, with a transaction price of $680/mt FOB Western Australia, and the shipping date was in late January/early February.Wang Tao, UBS: It is expected that the Central Economic Work Conference will focus on the short-term policy package. Recently, the market highly expects the Central Economic Work Conference to guide the high-quality economic development of China next year. Wang Tao, head of Asian economic research at UBS and chief China economist, said: "I expect that the Central Economic Work Conference may focus on the short-term policy package in 2025 and 2026, but it will also emphasize accelerating some reform measures already outlined at the Third Plenary Session." Wang Tao believes that the next important reform measures may include providing better protection and access for the private economy, deepening the reform of state-owned enterprises to improve efficiency and governance, promoting household registration reform to improve the welfare of migrant workers, strengthening the social security network, and carrying out fiscal and taxation reforms to solve local fiscal revenue problems. "I think structural, deeper and faster reforms will be very important, not only to attract foreign investment, but also to boost domestic confidence." (China Daily)"Black Myth: Wukong" won three nominations for IGN's annual awards. On December 11th, IGN, the Imagine Games Network, released the nomination list for IGN's 2024 awards. Among them, the domestic 3A masterpiece Black Myth: Wukong was nominated for "Best Action Adventure Game of the Year", "Best PS Game" and "Best Game of the Year".

Hong Kong stocks continued to fall in the afternoon, and the Hang Seng Science and Technology Index fell by 1%, which once rose by more than 1%. The Hang Seng Index fell 0.5%.Allan Monks, an economist in JPMorgan Chase: The Bank of England's signal about gradually cutting interest rates has been very strong recently, suggesting that the possibility of cutting interest rates next week is very low. However, if the signs of the accelerated weakening of the labor market continue, it will force the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee to deviate from this information.Hainan Free Trade Zone concept changed partially. Hainan Ruize and Hainan Development both had daily limit, Hainan Ruize and Hainan Development both had daily limit, and Lishang Guochao, Hainan Haiyao, Hainan Expressway and Huawen Group followed suit.