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.For the second week in a row, the US Treasury cut the auction scale of 4-cycle and 8-cycle Treasury bills, and the US Treasury cut the bidding scale of benchmark Treasury bills with the shortest term on Tuesday. The U.S. Treasury Department said it plans to issue 80 billion U.S. dollars of 4-term Treasury bonds on Thursday, which is 5 billion dollars less than the previous issuance of treasury bonds of the same maturity. The Ministry also announced that it would issue $75 billion of eight-term Treasury bills on Thursday, which was also reduced by $5 billion. The auction scale of 17-period Treasury bonds to be issued on Wednesday remains unchanged at $64 billion.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization: It is estimated that about 10,000 people have been displaced in Syria since the Syrian opposition began to attack. We have delivered trauma and surgical supplies to Damascus Hospital and made efforts to provide more material support.
The STOXX 600 index in Europe fell by 0.5% to 518.58 points.The suspect in the murder case of CEO of United Health Insurance will receive an extradition hearing in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.General Staff of the Chadian Army: French troops began to leave Chad. On December 10th, local time, the General Staff of the Chadian Army announced that French troops stationed in Chad began to gradually leave Chad that day. On November 28, 2024, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Chad announced the termination of the security and defense cooperation agreement with France revised in September 2019. On December 10th, several French warplanes took off from N 'Djamena airport, the capital of Chad, leaving Chad, which marked the official start of the French withdrawal.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates: Strongly condemn Israel's occupation of the buffer zone in the Golan. The UAE firmly opposes these Israeli actions, which may lead to further escalation of the situation in the region.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.The Israeli military says it has cracked down on 320 strategic targets in Syria since the weekend.
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