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Iranian Vice President: Tehran has not withdrawn from the Iranian nuclear deal. Iranian Vice President mohammad reza aref said that Iran has not withdrawn from the nuclear agreement of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, and Tehran is willing to continue negotiations with western countries and suggest that western countries return to the Iranian nuclear deal. Negotiations on the nuclear program between Iran and the "European Troika" were held in Geneva on November 29th after two years' interruption. Assistant Foreign Minister Majid Taht La Wan Qi, who is in charge of political affairs, led an Iranian delegation to attend the talks. According to the Iranian government statement, the talks will continue in the near future.Industrial integration has injected new vitality, and the activity of mergers and acquisitions has increased. The data shows that since the beginning of this year, a total of 132 A-share companies have issued announcements related to mergers and acquisitions, compared with 82 in the same period last year. Among them, since the release of "Six Articles on Mergers and Acquisitions", nearly 50 listed companies have issued relevant announcements on mergers and acquisitions, and the process of mergers and acquisitions of listed companies has accelerated. Experts said that under the impetus of policies, the activity of mergers and acquisitions has been significantly improved, and industrial integration has become the main logic of mergers and acquisitions. Listed companies can seize the favorable opportunity of capital operation to promote mergers and acquisitions, which can quickly broaden their business fields, enrich their product matrix and achieve greater and stronger results. (china securities journal)Lilly approved a $15 billion share repurchase and will raise its dividend.

The annual demand peak season is coming, and the price of pigs is going down actively. By the end of the year, the two festivals are approaching, and the pig breeding industry is gradually entering the annual demand peak season. Recently, the production and sales data of November disclosed by listed aquaculture companies showed that the market price of live pigs in that month was down from the previous month. Zou Yingji, an analyst at Zhuo Chuang Information, believes that the overall price of live pigs in November showed a trend of first falling and then rising. In the first half of November, the mentality of some operators was relaxed, and the pig sources for secondary fattening in the early stage were released one after another, and the supply of pig sources in the market increased obviously. However, because the temperature did not drop significantly, the downstream receiving efforts were limited, and the terminal delivery speed was slow, and the market was in an oversupply situation, which led to the downward trend of pig prices in the first half of November. In the late stage, the temperature in some areas gradually decreased, and some southern markets started the curing action one after another, and the demand side improved slightly, which supported the price of live pigs to stop falling and rebound. However, because the cured meat is only opened sporadically, the increase of demand side is limited, and there is not much room for the rebound of pig prices. After entering December, the increase in domestic pig prices failed to continue. Zou Yingji believes that at present, in order to ensure the smooth completion of the annual slaughter plan, the enthusiasm for slaughtering pigs is high, and farmers also have large-weight pigs to be slaughtered or released in the pickling season. The supply of pigs may still be abundant in December.The phenomenal world tour of "Mould Mould" ended, earning over 2 billion dollars in two years. After nearly two years and about 150 performances, the phenomenal world tour of American singer "Mould Mould" Taylor Swift finally ended on December 8. According to the Associated Press reported on the 9th, Swift's world tour concert started in Glendale, Arizona, USA on March 17th, 2023, and lasted for more than 20 months, and it went through 53 cities around the world, with a total of 149 performances and 10.1 million fans ... The last performance ended in Vancouver, Canada on December 8th. This grand tour extended from the United States to South America, Asia and Europe, and became a global phenomenal event, which was a great commercial success: by the end of 2023, the Swift-era concert tour had become the first tour in the world with a total income of more than 1 billion US dollars. According to the statistics of Pollstar, the industry publication of the concert, the total tour revenue will exceed $2 billion after the series of tours are completed on December 8. (Global Times)In November, the sales of new energy passenger cars increased by more than 50%. On December 9, the data released by the Association showed that the national new energy passenger car market retailed 1.268 million vehicles in November, a substantial increase of 50.5% year-on-year. From January to November this year, the cumulative retail sales reached 9.594 million vehicles, up 41.2% year-on-year. Cui Dongshu, Secretary-General of the Passenger Car Association, believes that since the fourth quarter, the sales volume of passenger cars has continued to strengthen. With the countdown of this round of car scrapping and old-for-new policies, the auto market is expected to usher in a "tail-lifting market" in December this year. (CSI)

Insurance companies are busy "enriching blood". This year, the scale of issuing bonds has exceeded 100 billion yuan. Since this year, insurance companies have intensively increased capital to issue bonds "enriching blood". According to the statistics of reporters, as of December 9, a total of 13 insurance companies have issued capital supplementary bonds or perpetual bonds, with a total issuance scale exceeding 100 billion yuan. There are also many small and medium-sized insurance companies that have supplemented their capital by increasing capital and shares. According to industry insiders, 2024 is the last year of the transition period of the second-generation and second-phase rules, and some insurance companies replenish their capital by increasing capital and issuing bonds to ease the capital pressure. Increasing capital and issuing bonds will help insurance companies improve their solvency, resist risks and promote the steady development of their business. (CSI)The application of AI continues to deepen, and the prosperity of the sector continues to improve. Recently, a number of artificial intelligence companies have intensively released their latest products, and the related concept sectors in the A-share market are active. Wind data shows that Wande's artificial intelligence concept index has risen in six of the nine trading days since November 27, with an interval increase of 12.64%. Analysts believe that overseas AI applications are growing strongly, and the growth potential of domestic AI applications is expected to explode. On the one hand, the performance of the core AI application companies in US stocks has grown rapidly, further strengthening the AI narrative logic; On the other hand, domestic AI application scenarios are more extensive and have achieved good application results in many fields such as education and office. It is suggested to focus on the growth and liquidity of domestic AI applications. (CSI)The FTSE A50 index closed up 0.84% at 14,188 points in a row.