China Securities Regulatory Commission: Since the release of the "Six Articles on Mergers and Acquisitions", more than 260 companies have disclosed asset reorganization matters. Wu Qing: The underlying logic of long-term improvement in the capital market will be more stable; the opening up of commodity and financial futures markets will be steadily expanded. Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: The second batch of 400 high-level 5G factories will be released this year. China's central bank released a net investment of 162.8 billion yuan in the open market today. In the past ten years, the total transaction volume of Shanghai-Shenzhen-Hong Kong Stock Connect was approximately 177 trillion yuan. Beijing Securities fell more than 4% in the 50th half of the day, and robot concept stocks collectively strengthened. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed up 0.33% at noon, and the Hang Seng Technology Index rose 0.86%.

On November 19, in response to the news that Liu Wei, one of the technical leaders of Tencent's Mixed Model and head of the AI Lab Computer Vision Center, had recently resigned, global news learned from relevant people in Tencent that the news was true and Liu Wei confirmed his resignation. (All-weather technology)

Amazon is negotiating with Uber and others to build an artificial intelligence (AI)-based (voice assistant) Alexa.（Business Insider）

Data compiled by Bloomberg showed that China companies issued a total of US$7.77 billion in U.S. dollar bonds in October, more than doubling year-on-year. This momentum continued this month, with Alibaba planning to issue U.S. dollar notes for the first time since 2021, and companies such as Fosun International also issuing such notes in November. Last week, China's Ministry of Finance issued the first overseas U.S. dollar sovereign debt in three years.

On November 18, local time, the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York voted to approve the revised congestion charging plan for the Manhattan area of New York. Under the plan, entering the area south of 60th Street in Manhattan during the peak hours of 9:00 to 21:00 on weekdays will cost at least $9, with trucks and vehicles without relevant electronic payment systems paying higher fees. It is reported that this plan is the first congestion charging plan in the United States and will be implemented on January 5 next year. By 2031, the $9 fee will gradually increase to $15.

WTI crude oil futures turned into futures premium for the first time since February. The January contract rose more than 3.5% to US$69.28, and the December contract rose 3.5%, slightly lower than the price of the January contract.

Goldman Sachs: The Federal Reserve is expected to stop shrinking its balance sheet (QT) in the first quarter of 2025.

Xi Jinping announced eight actions by China to support global development. (CCTV)

The U.S. NAHB housing market index rose to 46 in November, a seven-month high, and is expected to fall from 43 to 42.

Spot silver rose 3.0% during the day to US$31.16 per ounce.

Daimler Trucks fuel cell trucks receive US$226 million in German funding.

Samsung Electronics reaches a preliminary salary agreement with the union.

German pharmaceutical developer Evotec SE has received an offer from Nasdaq-listed biotech company Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. The potential valuation of the company is 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion).

Bank of England Governor Bailey: Urge the British government not to go head-to-head on the tariff issue (with the protectionism of the future U.S. government).

On Thursday (November 14), South Africa's FTSE/JSE Africa Leading 40 Tradable Index closed up 0.03%, with component component Harmony Gold falling 5.4%, the worst performer.

Minmetals Resources (MMG Ltd.) Its Peruvian mine Las Bambas has received approval from environmental regulator Senace. The mine, located at the junction of Challhauhaucho, Tambobamba and Coyllurqui in Cotabambas Province, will cost US$6.6 billion to upgrade. Of this, US$1.753 billion will be used for the construction phase, and another US$4.893 billion will be put into the operation phase. This will allow the mine to operate for six years, to 2039. (Peruvian daily Gestion)

Roger Dassen, CFO of Asmai Holdings: Capital expenditures in 2030 are expected to be approximately 2.5 billion euros. The effective tax rate at that time will be approximately 17%.

Reminder: At 00:00 Beijing time, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) will release a government version of its crude oil inventory weekly report.

Disney's fiscal fourth-quarter revenue was US$22.57 billion, a year-on-year increase of 6.3%, and an estimated US$22.47 billion. Adjusted earnings per share for the fourth quarter were $1.14, with an estimate of $1.10. Disney's U.S. stocks rose nearly 1% before the market.

Baiji Shenzhou announced today that it plans to change the company name to BeOne Medicines Ltd. Confirm its commitment to developing innovative drugs to eliminate cancer by working with the global community to serve as many patients as possible. The company will change the Nasdaq ticker symbol to ONC.

In response to reporters on the rumor of acquiring Lynx shares, Gekrypton said,"No comment." Earlier in the day, media reported that Gekrypton planned to control Lingke, a sister brand owned by Geely and Volvo Cars. Reports said that Gekrypton will acquire a 30% stake in Linklink from Volvo Cars and a 20% stake from Geely Holdings. (The Paper News)