Brent crude oil futures closed up $1.08, or 1.47%, at $74.49/barrel.Finance Minister of Canada: The sale of shares of Air Canada Government will be announced in the next few days.Major European stock indexes closed down across the board, with Germany's DAX index down 0.10% to 20405.92, France's CAC40 index down 0.15% to 7409.57, and Britain's FTSE 100 index down 0.14% to 8300.33.
Analysis of the influence of the interest rate of 10-year treasury bonds falling below 2% on the stock market. After the interest rate of 10-year treasury bonds fell below 2%, although there were many discussions from all sides, it basically had no influence on the stock market trend, and the stocks with high dividends remained flat and there was no obvious capital inflow. Some analysts believe that there are two reasons here. First, the funds invested in fixed-income products and the funds invested in the stock market generally belong to two types of funds, and they rarely operate across varieties. Even if the internal and external factors have changed, resulting in the need for mobility, but the specific implementation also needs a process, can not be immediate. Second, the interest rate of 10-year treasury bonds fell below 2%, which also reflected some judgment of investors on the trend of interest rate in the market outlook, and this actually reflected the market's expectation of the growth rate of the real economy, which required greater countercyclical adjustment. (Securities Times)Finance Minister of Canada: The sale of shares of Air Canada Government will be announced in the next few days.The Federal Reserve accepted a total of $135.777 billion from 44 counterparties in the fixed-rate reverse repurchase operation.
Iraqi government spokesman: There was no military intervention in Syria. On December 13th, local time, regarding US Secretary of State Blinken's visit to Iraq, Iraqi government spokesman Bassim Avadis said that since the outbreak of the Syrian crisis, the communication between the United States and Iraq has never been interrupted. Avadis also said that the Iraqi government has not intervened militarily in Syria, and has no unilateral plan for Syria, nor has it supported any faction or political organization. Avadis said that Arab, regional and international forces have reached an agreement not to allow any form of extremism to spread the Syrian crisis to other regions.Standard & Poor's: With the strong economic growth, the tight fiscal system is supporting the rapid reconstruction of Cyprus' fiscal buffer.Standard & Poor's: Cyprus is upgraded to A-, and the outlook is stable. The economic and financial situation (in the euro zone) performed well, so the rating was upgraded.