FTSE China A50 index futures rose 0.75% at the beginning, and closed up 0.84% in the last trading day and night.A new cold air comes with rain and snow to cool down, and the chill in the north aggravates the humidity and coldness in the south. Today (December 10th), a new strong cold air comes, and most parts of China will experience obvious cooling. The number of areas in the north that are below freezing point all day is increasing, and the chill is aggravated. The highest temperature in many places in the south will drop to single digits, accompanied by rainy, wet and cold feeling. At the same time, the range of rain and snow in China is still relatively wide today. The snowfall in the north will gradually decrease tomorrow and the rain in the south will continue and will gradually press south.The yen fell to its lowest level against the US dollar since November 29th, at 151.55.
Japan's Nikkei average index futures rose 0.23%.Oracle Bone Inscriptions's revenue in the fiscal quarter did not surprise investors. The stock price fell after hours, and the quarterly revenue of database giant Oracle Bone Inscriptions met expectations, which disappointed some investors who hoped that the cloud business would perform better. Oracle Bone Inscriptions shares fell in after-hours trading. Oracle Bone Inscriptions announced after-hours Monday that its second-quarter revenue increased by 9% to $14.1 billion. Cloud business revenue increased by 52% to $2.4 billion, in line with analysts' expectations. Oracle Bone Inscriptions has been trying to find its foothold in the computing and storage leasing market, which is now dominated by larger competitors Amazon and Microsoft. Larry Ellision, chairman of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, paid special attention to the company's ability to provide hardware and integrated software for handling artificial intelligence tasks. Safra Catz, CEO of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, said in the performance conference call that the company expects revenue growth of about 8% in the third quarter, excluding some projects, earnings per share is expected to be between 1.47 and 1.51 dollars, and cloud business revenue is expected to increase by about 24%. These performance prospects are not as good as analysts' estimates. Oracle Bone Inscriptions shares closed at $190.45 on Monday, down about 7% in after-hours trading. The company's share price has soared by 81% this year.The director of the South Korean Police Department and the director of the Seoul Police Department were forbidden to leave the country. On December 10th, local time, the special investigation team of the National Investigation Headquarters under the South Korean Police Department took measures to prohibit the director of the South Korean Police Department Zhao Zhihao and the director of the Seoul Police Department Jin Fengzhi from leaving the country.
Hisense responded to the rumors of layoffs: all of them are false guesses. Hisense Weibo issued a statement saying: Thank you for your concern for Hisense. At present, the relevant data and information about Hisense's layoffs circulated on the Internet are all false guesses. Hisense will hold some media and self-media responsible for their bad behavior of deliberately exaggerating the number and proportion of layoffs. Hisense, like most enterprises, allocates human resources through evaluation mechanism. At the end of each year, the organization and employees are appropriately adjusted according to the performance of enterprises and individuals, and the middle and high-level employees of the company are treated equally, and there are gains and losses at all levels.More than 1,000 A-share companies have issued shareholder return plans, and both the mid-term dividend and the third quarterly dividend reached record highs this year. Since the beginning of this year, more than 1,000 A-share listed companies have issued shareholder return plans, focusing on the company's long-term and sustainable development, and making institutional arrangements for profit distribution in the next three or five years based on the actual business development and shareholders' wishes. Among them, many leading enterprises with large market capitalization have made high dividend commitments. Judging from the dividend situation in 2024, under the guidance of policies, the dividend rhythm of listed companies has been continuously optimized. During the year, the number and amount of A-share listed companies that have announced interim dividends and third quarterly dividends have set a new record, and the awareness of listed companies to repay investors has been continuously enhanced. (Economic Information Daily)Australia's business confidence has fallen sharply, and the economic outlook is not optimistic. Australia's business confidence index fell sharply in November, and the current situation index measuring employment, sales and profitability has further weakened, once again indicating that the private sector in the economy is facing heavy pressure. According to a survey released by the National Bank of Australia on Tuesday, the business confidence index dropped by 8 points to -3, reversing the gains in October. The status quo index dropped from 7 to 2. "Overall, the survey shows that growth continued to be weak in the fourth quarter," the bank said in the report. As the capacity utilization rate is still above average, it may take more time for price pressure to fully return to normal. The Reserve Bank of Australia will announce its last interest rate decision this year in a few hours, and it is almost certain that the policy interest rate will remain at a 13-year high of 4.35%. Last week's data showed that Australia's GDP was weak again in the third quarter, prompting traders to advance their expectations of interest rate cuts from May next year to April.