Police in Xichang, Sichuan: A man who knocked down a pedestrian after drinking and driving killed three people and was detained.The Nikkei 225 index closed at 39,881.10 points in early trading, up 1.29%.Market News: Brian Quintenz has become the top contender for the chairmanship of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Survey: More than 40% of analysts expect the Bank of Japan to raise interest rates this month, but most think that January next year is the best time. According to the latest survey, observers of the Bank of Japan predict that January is the most likely time to raise interest rates next time, but more than 40% of the respondents still expect to take action next week. According to the survey, about 52% of the 52 economists surveyed expect the Bank of Japan to raise the policy interest rate from 0.25% in January, compared with 32% in the last survey. About 44% of the respondents expect the central bank to take action at the end of the two-day meeting on December 19, down from 53% in the last survey. The survey results show that observers believe that the Bank of Japan's policy meeting this month is likely to move or not to move to a large extent. About 88% of the respondents said that the earliest possible time to raise interest rates in their risk scenarios is next week. Another equally high data shows that Japan's economic and price environment will justify raising interest rates this month.The FBI director said that his resignation was the best way to avoid friction. Christopher Babers, the FBI director who decided to resign, explained his decision, saying that it was the best way to avoid further friction against the background of criticism from President-elect Trump who was seeking to appoint his cronies as the head of the intelligence department. The FBI quoted Lei as saying: "My purpose is to continue to focus on our mission-the irreplaceable work we do on behalf of Americans every day. I think this is the best way to avoid getting the FBI involved in more friction. " He added that the decision to resign was not easy for him.The negative spread of 10-year national debt between China and the United States has expanded to nearly 250BP, which is the largest in more than 22 years.
At the close of early trading, the main contracts of domestic futures rose more and fell less. Fuel oil rose by nearly 4%, coke, Shanghai nickel, low sulfur fuel oil (LU), SC crude oil and coking coal rose by over 2%, and glass, sugar, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and alumina rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the European line of container transportation fell by more than 2%, and pigs fell by more than 1%.BYD's legal department sued the blogger "Xu Lili Xll" and demanded compensation of 5 million yuan. BYD's legal department issued a statement saying that it was concerned that the online user "Xu Lili Xll" had made a lot of false statements against BYD and its sub-brands for a long time, which had caused serious damage to the company's brand reputation. In this regard, the company has fixed the evidence of relevant false statements, and decided to formally file a lawsuit against "Xu Lili Xll", demanding that it delete the infringing statements, eliminate the influence, and compensate RMB 5 million.The Chinese representative called for promoting the political process in Yemen and stressed respect for sovereignty and peace. On the 11th local time, the UN Security Council held a meeting on the situation in Yemen. In his speech, the Chinese representative called on all parties to the Yemen conflict to take practical actions and jointly promote the political process of resolving the Yemen issue. Geng Shuang, China's deputy permanent representative to the United Nations, said that Israel and Houthi forces have been attacking each other, and Israel recently said it would consider launching a new large-scale attack on Yemen, which is deeply worrying. At the same time, the recent dramatic changes in the situation in Syria have brought new unstable factors to the whole Middle East, and the situation in Yemen and the Red Sea may also suffer new shocks. China once again calls on Houthi armed forces to stop harassing merchant ships of various countries in the Red Sea waters and maintain the safety of the navigation channels in the Red Sea waters. At the same time, it calls on all parties concerned to maintain calm and restraint and stop actions that aggravate tensions. (CCTV News)