Alumina broke away from last week's record high, and panic buying related to Guinea subsided. LME copper futures closed down 39 US dollars to 9052 US dollars/ton. LME aluminum closed up $6 to $2,605/ton. LME zinc futures closed up $20 to $3,096/ton. LME lead closed up $4 to $2010/ton. LME nickel futures closed down $306 to $15,862/ton. LME tin closed down $437 to $29,097/ton. LME cobalt was flat at $24,300/ton.US lawmakers say it is too early to lift sanctions against Syria, and US Republican and Democratic senators say it is too early to consider lifting sanctions against Syria after President Assad steps down, which shows that Washington is unlikely to change its policy in the short term.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.
Canada's Labor Minister expressed the hope that Canada Post would resume operations early next week.The Brazilian real fell by 1% against the US dollar, the worst among emerging market currencies.Zambian President Cillema met with Shao Hong, and Zambian President Cillema met with Shao Hong, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of CPPCC in Lusaka on the 12th.
US lawmakers say it is too early to lift sanctions against Syria, and US Republican and Democratic senators say it is too early to consider lifting sanctions against Syria after President Assad steps down, which shows that Washington is unlikely to change its policy in the short term.Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.U.S. stocks continued to fall, with the Dow Jones index dropping 104.99 points, or 0.24%. The Nasdaq Composite Index recently fell 59.41 points, or 0.3%. The S&P 500 index recently fell 13.86 points, or 0.23%.
Strategy guide 12-14
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