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ECB: The appropriate monetary policy stance will be determined by data dependence and successive meetings. Inflation prospect, core inflation and its transmission will determine the interest rate path.Traders' interest rate expectations for the European Central Bank remain stable: it is expected to cut interest rates by 127 basis points in 2025.Indian government sources: negotiations on a free trade agreement between India and Britain will begin at the end of January next year.

The Nikkei 225 index closed up 1.21% at 39,849.14.On December 11th, it was reported that the U.S. government was divided over the U.S. steel acquisition, and Biden considered blocking the transaction. It was reported that the U.S. Department of Defense, the Ministry of Finance and the State Council all believed that the Japanese Steel Company's $15 billion acquisition of American steel companies would not bring national security risks, but U.S. President Biden was expected to block the transaction. Earlier, some media quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that Biden planned to block the acquisition of American steel companies later this month on the grounds of national security. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has been reviewing the proposed acquisition for most of this year, and the group must submit its decision to Biden before December 22 or 23.Polls show that the support rate of Japanese Prime Minister Shi Pomao's cabinet has dropped to 26.8%. According to a report by the Japan News Agency on the 12th local time, the poll conducted by the agency in December showed that the support rate of Shi Pomao's cabinet was 26.8%, down 1.9 percentage points from last month. (CCTV News)

The Baltic dry bulk freight index fell 4.61% to 1055 points.Japanese government bond futures rose, recovering some of the earlier declines.Guoxuan Hi-Tech: It plans to invest a total of 2.514 billion euros to build new energy battery production bases in Slovakia and Morocco. Guoxuan Hi-Tech announced that the company plans to invest in Slovakia with its own and self-raised funds to build high-performance lithium batteries and supporting projects with an annual output of 20GWh, with a total investment of no more than 1.234 billion euros. On the same day, it was announced that the company plans to invest in Morocco with its own and self-raised funds to build a high-performance lithium battery and supporting projects with an annual output of 20GWh, with a total investment of no more than 1.28 billion euros.