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Australia's unemployment rate in November was 3.93%, which is estimated to be 4.2%.World Gold Council: The price of gold is expected to hit its best annual performance in more than 10 years. It is expected that there will be a positive but moderate growth next year. According to the report of the World Gold Council, the price of gold is expected to hit its best annual performance in more than 10 years, with an increase of 28% as of November. Behind this, the purchases of the central bank and investors offset the significant slowdown in consumer demand. Looking ahead, all eyes are focused on the impact of Trump's second term on the global economy. The current forecast of GDP, yield and inflation shows that gold will have a positive but much more moderate growth in 2025. The upward trend may benefit from a sharp drop in interest rates, an increase in volatility, or the continuous higher-than-average demand for gold by the central bank. On the contrary, higher long-term interest rates or weak demand for gold consumption may bring headwinds.China has launched more than 97,000 online courses in massive open online course. The reporter learned from the Ministry of Education on December 12 that up to now, more than 30 online course platforms have been built in China, and more than 97,000 online courses have been launched in massive open online course, with 1.39 billion learners. The number of massive open online course and the number of learners in China rank first in the world. A total of 31,000 high-quality online courses have been launched on the Smart Higher Education Platform, with a total of 78,000 teachers participating in the lectures and more than 93 million visits, covering 183 countries and regions at home and abroad. (Xinhua News Agency)

Huazhi Liquor Store: It is planned to distribute a cash dividend of 8.09 yuan for every 10 shares. Huazhi Liquor Store announced that the company's profit distribution plan for the first three quarters of 2024 has been approved by the shareholders' meeting. The company will distribute a cash dividend of RMB 8.09 to all shareholders for every 10 shares based on the existing total share capital of 417 million shares and the share capital of 408 million shares after 9,098,100 shares have been repurchased in the repurchase special securities account. The total amount of cash dividends actually distributed was 330 million. The distribution of rights and interests in date of record is December 19th, 2024, and the ex-dividend date is December 20th, 2024. This dividend does not involve bonus shares and capitalization of capital reserve.French President Macron: Without Europeans, Europe will not be safe.The personal pension system will be fully implemented, and many banks will seize the beach layout. From December 15, the personal pension system will be fully implemented. The reporter learned that many banks have acted quickly to seize the market. China Guangfa Bank, China CITIC Bank, China Merchants Bank, etc. have issued notices on the automatic account opening of personal pension fund accounts. Take CITIC Bank as an example. On December 12th, the bank said that the personal pension system will be fully implemented. On the day when the system is fully implemented, the bank will open personal pension fund accounts in batches for customers who handle the automatic account opening business of personal pension in the bank. The specific account opening results will be subject to verification by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the bank. In addition, the account manager of a branch in Beijing revealed to reporters that the latest notice on the opening index and preferential activities of individual pension fund accounts has not yet been received, but it is expected that relevant notices will be received in the next few days. (CSI Taurus)

President of STELLANTIS Europe: If you want to avoid EU fines in 2025, you should either increase the sales of electric vehicles or reduce the production of gasoline vehicles.Japan's semiconductor sector rose collectively, with ADVANTEST up nearly 5%, DISCO up over 2% and Renesas Electronics up over 1%.Guotai Junan: The long-term incremental "option" brought by humanoid robots is expected to help the valuation of the rare earth sector rise. When looking forward to the strategy of the rare earth sector in 2025, Guotai Junan said that the market had expected that with the slowdown in the growth of core demand power such as new energy vehicles and wind power in the future, the demand for rare earth markets is under downward pressure. However, we expect that the rising consumption of magnetic materials for new energy vehicles and the warming demand for wind power are still expected to support the basic demand growth, and the demand for equipment renewal that began to land in 2024 is expected to become a new driving force for rare earth demand. On the supply side, an orderly pattern of domestic supply has been established, with many overseas planning increments but slow actual volume, and continuous supply-side constraints. In addition, the long-term incremental "options" brought by humanoid robots are also expected to help the valuation of the plate rise.