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Market News: Apple is cooperating with Broadcom around artificial intelligence (AI) chips. Apple chips may be ready for production in 2026.Today, a total of 95 A-shares traded in bulk, with Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, Salt Lake Shares and Jin Chengxin among the top. Today (December 11th), a total of 95 A-shares traded in bulk, with a total turnover of 6.031 billion yuan, among which Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway, Salt Lake Shares and Jin Chengxin ranked first, with turnover of 3.797 billion yuan, 478 million yuan and 259 million yuan respectively. In terms of transaction price, 14 stocks were traded at parity, 4 at premium and 77 at discount; Yingtai Bio, Songyuan Resources and Beijing-Shanghai High-speed Railway are among the top premium rates, with premium rates of 9.13%, 2.19% and 1.61% respectively. Gobijia, Junpu Intelligent and Guoke are among the top discount rates, with discount rates of 28.86%, 25.79% and 22.46% respectively.Where to go: This year, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket on the platform increased by 41% year-on-year. According to the data released by Qunar.com today, in 2024, the number of passengers who bought their first air ticket increased by 41% year-on-year, with the highest growth rate in Shanghai, Beijing, Yunnan, Fujian and Hubei. The number of residents in cities below the third tier where they bought their first air ticket increased by 35% year-on-year, a record high of nearly five years. From the perspective of age structure, young people under the age of 18 have become the main group where to buy their first air ticket, with a year-on-year increase of over 50%. Students aged 19-23 and young people aged 24-33 are the main growth forces. At the same time, the platform data shows that the number of passengers who left the country by plane for the first time in 2024 increased by 220% year-on-year, and the number of residents in third-tier cities and below who left the country by plane for the first time increased by 2.5 times. The most popular destinations for first-time outbound travel are Hongkong, China, Bangkok, Thailand and Kuala Lumpur.

Luo Xingfa, former party secretary and president of Guangyuan Radio and TV University and former president of Guangyuan Cadre Network College, was investigated. Luo Xingfa, former party secretary and president of Guangyuan Radio and TV University and former president of Guangyuan Cadre Network College, was suspected of serious violation of the law and is currently under disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Supervision Committee of Guangyuan Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection.Beijing Auto: BAIC Investment and Hyundai Motor invested US$ 1.095 billion in Beijing Hyundai. Beijing Auto announced that on December 11, 2024, BAIC Investment and Hyundai Motor entered into an agreement, and both parties agreed to jointly invest US$ 1.095 billion in Beijing Hyundai according to the proportion of their respective registered capital, and both parties invested US$ 548 million respectively. The capital injection will be carried out in stages. After the capital injection is completed, the registered capital of Beijing Hyundai will increase to US$ 4.074 billion, and Beijing Hyundai will still be owned by BAIC Investment and Hyundai Motor respectively, and will continue to be accounted for as a joint venture of the Company.At the opening of the night session, the main contract of No.20 glue rose by nearly 2%, and the main contracts of low sulfur fuel oil (LU) and coking coal rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the main contract of alumina fell by more than 1%, and the main contract of palm oil and soybean meal fell by nearly 1%.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Qatar: Qatar will soon reopen its embassy in Syria.In November, Sichuan CPI rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the price increase of pork and fresh vegetables dropped from the previous month. On December 10, the data released by the Sichuan Survey Corps of the National Bureau of Statistics showed that the consumer price index (CPI) in Sichuan rose by 0.1% year-on-year, and the growth rate dropped by 0.1 percentage point from the previous month. It decreased by 0.7% from the previous month. From January to November, the consumer price of Sichuan residents decreased by 0.1% compared with the same period of last year. In terms of food, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol rose by 1.8% year-on-year in November, and the growth rate dropped by 1.1 percentage points from the previous month. Among them, the prices of pork and fresh vegetables increased by 15.2% and 14.0% year-on-year, respectively, and the growth rate dropped from last month; The price of fresh fruit changed from a year-on-year increase of 3.4% last month to an increase of 2.0%; The prices of eggs and aquatic products decreased by 1.6% and 0.6% respectively. From the ring comparison, the price of food, tobacco and alcohol decreased by 1.9% from 0.3% last month, mainly because the average temperature in November was higher than that in previous years, which was beneficial to the production, storage and transportation of agricultural products, and most fresh food prices were affected by the super-seasonal decline.Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Since September, Iran has issued a warning to the Assad government about the threat, but it has ignored the "enemy".