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Traders said that Spanish buyers have bought a lot of American corn in the past few weeks, exceeding 400,000 tons.The yield of 10-year US Treasury bonds rose by more than 4 basis points. Investors were concerned about the rising oil price and the US Treasury's supply this week. At the end of new york on Monday (December 9), the yield of 10-year US benchmark treasury bonds rose by 4.44 basis points to 4.1973%, and the intraday trading was in the range of 4.1336%-4.1973%. The yield of two-year US bonds rose by 2.26 basis points to 4.1265%, and intraday trading was in the range of 4.0933%-4.1307%. The yield spread of three-month Treasury bonds /10-year US bonds rose by 4.684 basis points to -21.027 basis points. The yield spread of 02/10-year US bonds rose by 2.147 basis points to +6.867 basis points. The yield of US 10-year inflation-protected treasury bonds (TIPS) rose by 2.51 basis points to 1.9215%.Barclays: There is a high degree of uncertainty in the US interest rate forecast in 2025. Based on the baseline prospect of a soft landing of the US economy in 2025, Barclays interest rate strategists predict that the yields of 2-year and 10-year government bonds will close at 3.75% and 4.25% respectively next year, and the yield difference between 2s10s will widen by about 50 basis points. According to the report, interest rate cuts should push interest rates down, while longer-term yields are under pressure from factors such as rising neutral interest rates, high interest rate volatility, inflation risk premium and net bond expansion. But the incoming Trump administration will bring "great uncertainty".

The annual strategy of brokers in 2025 will present "three major consensuses". At the end of recent years, the annual strategies of major brokers in 2025 will be held intensively, focusing on the interpretation of the new year's market, the market trend next year and the discussion and judgment of the allocation direction. Generally speaking, brokers have shown a "consensus" in three major directions. The first consensus is that it is generally believed that the A-share market is expected to become an important place for global capital allocation. In this direction, Chinese and foreign institutions have reached a consensus. The second consensus is to give optimistic expectations for the A-share market in 2025. The confidence of the organization's optimistic expectations lies in the fact that the market sentiment has obviously recovered under the boost of a series of positive policies this year, and there is still room for boosting in the medium and long term perspective. The third consensus is reflected in the direction of industry allocation. The new quality productivity based on semiconductors and computing power, as well as the policy themes based on mergers and acquisitions and market value management, have become a common optimistic track for many brokers. (Securities Daily)Industrial integration has injected new vitality, and the activity of mergers and acquisitions has increased. The data shows that since the beginning of this year, a total of 132 A-share companies have issued announcements related to mergers and acquisitions, compared with 82 in the same period last year. Among them, since the release of "Six Articles on Mergers and Acquisitions", nearly 50 listed companies have issued relevant announcements on mergers and acquisitions, and the process of mergers and acquisitions of listed companies has accelerated. Experts said that under the impetus of policies, the activity of mergers and acquisitions has been significantly improved, and industrial integration has become the main logic of mergers and acquisitions. Listed companies can seize the favorable opportunity of capital operation to promote mergers and acquisitions, which can quickly broaden their business fields, enrich their product matrix and achieve greater and stronger results.Thirty-one A-share companies predict that their performance will increase by 70% in 2024. Near the end of the year, A-share companies have predicted their full-year performance in 2024. The data shows that as of December 9, a total of 31 A-share listed companies have predicted their performance in 2024, of which 22 companies have pre-increased their net profit for the whole year. From the industry point of view, the performance of computer, electronics and other sub-sectors is more eye-catching, and most pre-growth companies are concentrated here. From the perspective of enterprise types, the companies that take the lead in producing transcripts are mainly private enterprises. Many new stock companies not only bring their bright transcripts to the market in the past two years, but also predict the good performance in 2024 in the prospectus.

According to officials, Qatar began direct communication with the Syrian Sharm el-Liberation Organization on Monday and plans to hold more talks on Tuesday.White House official: Biden talked with King Abdullah of Jordan on Monday.The State Council, USA: American hostage envoy Roger Carstens has arrived in Beirut, and we are urging all parties to support this effort.