A mine explosion in central Sudan killed 13 civilians. On December 13th, local time, the health department of Suji City, Sennar State in central Sudan issued a statement saying that a truck triggered a mine in Jebel Muya area in the northern part of the state, causing an explosion, killing 13 civilians and injuring many others.In November, personal housing loans stabilized and rebounded. On December 13, the central bank released financial statistics for November 2024. The financial data was generally stable and maintained strong support for the real economy. It is noteworthy that the growth rate of household loans has been rising recently, mainly because personal loans have stabilized and rebounded. From the perspective of residents' departments, the short-term and medium-and long-term loans in the first 11 months increased by 1.29 trillion yuan and 453.8 billion yuan respectively, of which the medium-and long-term loans of residents increased by 66.9 billion yuan in November, increasing for two consecutive months. With the intensive introduction and effective implementation of a package of incremental policies, social expectations and market confidence are gradually picking up. Market experts generally predict that the effective financing demand in the market will be further improved, financial resources will flow more to major strategies, key areas and weak links, and financial support for the high-quality development of the real economy will be more powerful and effective. (21 Finance)Puyin AXA Fund: Zhang Jian is the new chairman of the company. On December 13th, Puyin AXA Fund announced that since December 13th, Zhang Jian has been the new chairman of the company, while Xie Wei, the former chairman, left his post on December 13th due to work arrangements, and there is no explanation for his transfer to other positions in the company.
Research institutions predict that Thailand's economy will grow by 2.4% in 2025. Thailand Kaitai Research Center released a report on the 13th, saying that it predicted that Thailand's gross domestic product (GDP) will increase by 2.4% in 2025, slightly lower than the growth forecast of 2.5% in 2024. The Kaitai Research Center believes that the slowdown in Thailand's economic growth is mainly due to the weakening of tourism, and it is expected that Thailand's exports to the US market will slow down. (Zhongxin. com)Guangyunda: It is planned to raise no more than 448.9 million yuan from Junguang Investment. Guangyunda announced that the type of shares to be issued by the company to a specific target is domestic listed RMB ordinary shares (A shares) with a par value of RMB 1.00 per share. The object of issue is Shenzhen Junguang Investment Holding Co., Ltd., and the issue price is determined to be 7.74 yuan/share. The number of shares issued this time does not exceed 58 million shares (inclusive), which does not exceed 30% of the total share capital of the company before this issuance. The total amount of funds raised by the proposed stock issue to a specific target does not exceed RMB 448.92 million (inclusive), and the net amount of funds raised after deducting the issuance expenses is intended to be used to supplement the working capital. This proposal still needs to be submitted to the company's shareholders' meeting for consideration.Broadcom is developing customized AI chips with three large cloud customers. Broadcom's share price rose by more than 20% at the beginning, and its total market value rose to 1.02 trillion US dollars, ranking ninth in the US stock market. After the close of the US Eastern Time on Thursday, Broadcom announced a better-than-expected fourth-quarter financial report. Not only did the profit performance be better than expected, but Broadcom's artificial intelligence revenue more than tripled this year. Broadcom's AI revenue increased by 220% to US$ 12.2 billion this year. It is estimated that the revenue of AI products will increase by 65% in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2025. The CEO of Broadcom revealed that he is developing customized AI chips with three large cloud customers. It is estimated that each customer will deploy 1 million AI chips in 2027.
Jiaying Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: It plans to buy back 7 million to 13.5 million shares. Jiaying Pharmaceutical announced that it plans to use its own funds to buy back some issued RMB common shares (A shares) by centralized bidding for the implementation of employee stock ownership plan or equity incentive. The price of repurchased shares is not higher than 9.80 yuan/share (inclusive), and the number of shares to be repurchased is not less than 7 million shares (inclusive), accounting for about 1.3793% of the company's total share capital; And no more than 13.5 million shares (inclusive), accounting for about 2.6600% of the company's total share capital. The repurchase period is within 12 months from the date when the company's board of directors deliberated and approved the share repurchase plan.Faba Bank: The Fed will formulate policies in consideration of inflation risks. Economists at Faba Bank wrote that it may be difficult for Fed officials to formulate and discuss monetary policies "without being involved in the debate on President-elect Trump's potential economic policies". They expect FOMC to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next week, as reflected by the market. They added that Federal Reserve Chairman Powell "may use the press conference to provide options for further relaxing the suspension of monetary policy." They don't expect him to directly comment on Trump's policies, "but FOMC will formulate policies consistent with managing high inflation risks," economists said.Huatai Research gave JD.COM Group the initial rating of H-share purchase with a target price of HK$ 182.73.