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Ukraine plans to hold a contact group meeting to discuss ending the war through diplomatic means. On December 9, local time, Ukrainian Presidential Press Secretary Nichiforov said that Ukraine plans to hold a contact group meeting in December to discuss the common position of ending the war through diplomatic means. Nichiforov said that the list of contact groups is still being worked out. Ukrainian President Zelensky said on the 8th that the members of the Contact Group may include Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Poland, Denmark and other countries.Analyst: At present, it is not necessary for the central bank to cut interest rates again. Chen Xi, chief analyst of open source securities, believes that it is not necessary for the central bank to cut interest rates again at present, and the bond market is expected to show a volatile market in the future. On the one hand, the central bank has not substantially lowered the policy interest rate. On the other hand, the policy has turned to finance and real estate, and the current economy is already stabilizing and recovering. The central bank will not cut interest rates again in the short term.In the first 11 months of the 10 billion yuan private placement, over 90% of the products achieved floating profit, and the "transcripts" of the 10 billion yuan private placement institutions in the first 11 months of this year were released, and over 90% of the private placement securities products achieved floating profit. According to the latest statistics released by the private placement network, in the first 11 months of this year, the average yield of 285 products with performance display under the tens of billions of private placement institutions was 17.15%. Among them, 259 products realized floating profit, accounting for 90.88%. Of the above 259 products, 94 have a yield of less than 10%; 80 yield between 10% and 19%; 35 yield between 20% and 29%; 14 yield between 30% and 50%; The yield of 36 products is not less than 50%, and the yield of the best-performing products is as high as 72.99%. (Securities Daily)

Economists and market institutions believe that the economic growth target will remain at around 5.0% next year, and the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee will hold a meeting on December 9th. At the meeting, the deployment arrangements for economic work in 2025 have attracted much attention from the market. In particular, the meeting has many new expressions that positively set the tone for next year's macro policies, which has stimulated the market's expectation for the introduction of more relaxed incremental policies and stronger support for economic development next year. "Implementing a moderately loose monetary policy" is the first time in 14 years. It is expected that the central bank will take greater efforts to cut interest rates and lower the RRR next year; "Implementing a more active fiscal policy" is positive and proactive, and the direction of fiscal overweight is beyond traditional investment and people's livelihood, and it will further increase consumption and real estate. Looking forward to 2025, economists and market institutions believe that the economic growth target will remain at around 5.0% next year. Li Chao, deputy director and spokesperson of the Policy Research Office of the National Development and Reform Commission, said earlier that more than 300 major reform measures are being accelerated, the innovation-driven development strategy is being implemented in depth, and the real economy and the digital economy, advanced manufacturing and modern service industries are integrating and developing. (Securities Times)Commercial banks strengthen the marketing of personal pension business, such as "opening an account and paying fees, you can get a reduction from WeChat", "paying a limited amount of gifts" and "enjoying tax concessions" ... Near the end of the year, many commercial banks are strengthening the marketing of personal pension business to attract customers to open personal pension accounts and personal pension fund accounts, and pay a certain amount of money. According to combing, recently, the "marketing craze" of personal pension business of ICBC, Agricultural Bank, Bank of China, China Construction Bank, Bank of Communications, China Postal Savings Bank, Industrial Bank and other banks and their branches is heating up continuously. In addition, with the help of Internet financial platforms such as JD.COM Science and Technology Holding Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Jingdong Finance"), some banks have stepped up their efforts to "grab the cake" of personal pension business, and increased the number of customers. The experts interviewed believe that it is an important measure for banks and other institutions to carry out personal pension business to implement the national strategy of actively responding to the aging population, which will help promote the implementation of personal pension policy. For banks, personal pension business can increase customer resources and provide a broader market space for bank wealth management business. (Securities Daily)U.S. stock ETFs generally closed down, with regional bank ETFs falling by more than 1.6%. On Monday (December 9), regional bank ETFs closed down by 1.62%, while banking ETFs, financial ETFs, internet stock index ETFs and semiconductor ETFs fell by at least 1%, technology ETFs fell by more than 0.6%, energy ETFs fell by more than 0.1%, and medical ETFs and biotechnology index ETFs rose by about 0.3%.

The probability that the Fed will cut interest rates by 25 basis points in December is 85.8%. According to CME's "Fed Watch", the probability that the Fed will keep the current interest rate unchanged by December is 14.2%, and the cumulative probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 85.8%. The probability of keeping the current interest rate unchanged by January next year is 10.5%, the probability of cutting interest rates by 25 basis points is 67.5%, and the probability of cutting interest rates by 50 basis points is 22%.Australia's S&P/ASX200 index opened up 7.20 points, or 0.09%, at 8430.20 points on Tuesday, December 10th.Oracle Bone Inscriptions expects adjusted earnings per share to be between $1.50 and $1.54 in the third quarter. The market expects earnings per share to be $1.57.