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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.CITIC Securities: The resonance between supply and demand of medical beauty accelerates the space expansion, and the difference in operating ability promotes the evolution of the industry structure. CITIC Securities Research Report stated that the medical beauty industry has both medical and consumption attributes, and the medical attribute has strong product-driven characteristics, while the consumption attribute has high operating ability requirements. The medical beauty botulinum toxin track is also affected by the dual attributes of medicine and consumption: 1) The increase in penetration rate, the acceleration of compliance substitution and the extension of indications have brought about high demand for medical beauty botulinum toxin, and with the recent supply expansion, the industry scale has experienced high growth; 2) The iteration of product innovation is slow, brand barriers are created through marketing, doctors are empowered through direct sales, and control is strengthened to enhance product competitiveness. Recently, a variety of medical botulinum toxins in China have been approved, and the promotion of low-priced products is expected to push up the penetration rate, and enterprises with strong operational capabilities will enter the market or promote the evolution of the pattern.Polish Prime Minister Tusk told French President Macron that even if Russia and Ukraine cease fire, Polish troops will not enter Ukraine.

Yibin Paper: Terminate the issue of A shares to specific targets in 2022 and withdraw the application documents. Yibin Paper announced that the company held the 31st meeting of the 11th Board of Directors and the 22nd meeting of the 11th Board of Supervisors on December 12, 2024, and deliberated and passed the Proposal on Terminating the Issue of A shares to specific targets in 2022 and withdrawing the application documents. Considering the changes in market environment and policies, and considering the actual situation, the company decided to terminate the issuance of A shares to specific targets.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.In the first 11 months of the North Stock Exchange, the issuance scale of new shares decreased by nearly 770% year-on-year, and the new shares rose by over 100% on the first day. Statistics show that from January to November, 2024, there were 20 new shares listed on the North Stock Exchange, and the total amount of funds raised was about 4.175 billion yuan, down by nearly 70% year-on-year. The scale of new shares is generally small, and the number of new shares raised less than 200 million yuan accounts for 65% of the total number of new shares. The share price of 70% new shares rose over 100% on the first day of listing. Among them, the share price of Tongguan Mining Construction rose by 731.41% on the first day of listing, and the share prices of Shengye Electric, Keli and Wanyuantong rose by over 300% on the first day. In terms of underwriters, in the first November of 2024, the number of projects underwritten by CITIC Jiantou Securities was the highest, with a total project scale of about 699 million yuan, followed by First Venture Securities and Minsheng Securities. (Xinhua Finance)

 Market News: A Turkish delegation, including the Foreign Minister and the Director of the Intelligence Bureau, arrived in the Syrian capital.US President-elect Trump: Opposing Ukrainian armed forces to attack Russia with US long-range missiles has further escalated the conflict.