India's SENSEX30 index opened 0.07% higher at 81,568.39 points. Among the constituent stocks, ULTRATECH CEMENT opened 1% higher, Asian Coatings rose 0.74% and BAJAJ FINANCE rose 0.62%. In terms of decline, Mahengda Information Technology opened 0.44% lower, India Industrial Credit Investment Bank fell 0.33%, and HCL TECHNOLOGIES fell 0.26%.If the Bank of Canada cuts interest rates by 50bp as expected, it is expected that the pace of interest rate cuts will slow down. The Bank of Canada cut interest rates sharply for the second time in a row this month, and hinted that policymakers are prepared to slow down the pace of monetary easing. The bank cut interest rates by 50 basis points to 3.25%, bringing borrowing costs to the upper part of their expected range of neutral interest rates. However, they also hinted that after the sharp interest rate cut expected by the market and most economists, there may be a smaller interest rate cut again in 2025. Officials dropped their previous statement that they expected to further reduce borrowing costs. "With the policy interest rate greatly reduced, we expect that if the economic development is generally in line with expectations, monetary policy will adopt a more gradual approach," Bank of Canada Governor Mackler said in a prepared speech. "Looking ahead, we will evaluate the necessity of further reducing the policy interest rate one by one."The General Administration of Market Supervision launched the third batch of national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot work. On December 11th, according to the news of official website, the General Administration of Market Supervision held the on-the-spot meeting of commercial secret protection and the third batch of national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot meeting in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, to implement the spirit of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee, systematically summarize the effectiveness of the national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot work, deeply analyze the current situation, and deploy and carry out the third batch of national commercial secret protection and innovation pilot work. On the basis of the good results of the first and second batches of pilot projects, the General Administration of Market Supervision launched the third batch of innovative pilot projects this year, and in December, it identified 11 areas such as Minhang District of Shanghai as the third batch of national commercial secret protection innovation pilot projects, and agreed to change the pilot scope of Hefei High-tech Zone in Anhui Province to Hefei City. The launch of the third batch of pilot projects has further expanded the provincial coverage of innovation pilot work and achieved comprehensive coverage in the eastern, central and western regions, which will continue to deepen the influence from point to area and give full play to the radiation-driven effect of innovation pilot work on improving the overall level of trade secret protection in China.
The Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission issued the Action Plan for Promoting the Innovative Development of Scientific Instruments and Reagents in Shanghai (2025-2027), which was formulated by the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission to promote the innovative development of the scientific instruments and reagents industry in Shanghai. Adhere to the working idea of "following the development law, facing the needs of the industry, strengthening superior products, cultivating and expanding enterprises, and creating a development ecology", adhere to the product as the traction, strengthen key core technology research, vigorously cultivate first-class enterprises, and promote the high-quality development of the industry. By 2027, 1-2 technical test and verification platforms will be built, and more than 5 application scenarios and user experience centers will be built. The scientific and technological innovation ability of scientific instruments and scientific research reagents in our city will be further enhanced, and the industrial innovation ecology will be further improved. More than 5 leading scientific and technological enterprises in subdivided tracks will be cultivated, and more than 5 scientific instruments and 10 scientific research reagents reaching the international leading level will be formed. The industrial output value of scientific instruments and scientific research reagents will be about 45 billion yuan.The cumulative delivery of Tucki P7+ has exceeded 10,000 units. On December 11th, Xpeng Motors announced that the cumulative delivery of Tucki P7+ has exceeded 10,000 units. He Xiaopeng, CEO of Xpeng Motors, appeared at the Guangzhou Delivery Center to deliver the 10,000th P7+ car owner, and He Xiaopeng revealed at the scene that Tucki P7+ had completed the third capacity increase.Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. According to the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on December 11th, 2024, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin met with Armenian Ambassador to China Gevolker Yang. Liu Bin said that the friendly and cooperative relations between Central Asia have maintained healthy and stable development, and the cooperation between the two countries in building the "Belt and Road" has yielded fruitful results, and the cooperation in international affairs has been fruitful. The two sides should plan the next stage of exchanges and cooperation and promote the all-round development of bilateral relations. Gevolker Yang said that Asia attaches importance to Asia-China relations and is willing to further close high-level exchanges between the two countries, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation and international cooperation, and push Asia-China relations to a higher level.
IDC: It is estimated that the edge cloud market in China will grow at a compound annual rate of over 25% from 2023 to 2028. Recently, the latest report "China Edge Cloud Market Tracking Research, 2024H1" released by International Data Corporation (IDC) shows that in the first half of the year, the edge cloud market in China totaled 5.48 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth rate of 21.0%. Among them, the market scale of edge public cloud services, edge exclusive cloud services and edge cloud solutions reached 3 billion yuan, 970 million yuan and 1.5 billion yuan respectively. According to IDC, it is estimated that the average annual compound growth rate of China's edge cloud market will be 25.5% from 2023 to 2028, taking into account the changing trend of customer expenditure in major industries, the commercialization progress of hot demand and the changes of bandwidth supply policy throughout the year.South Korea's former defense minister tried to commit suicide in prison. The Korean Ministry of Justice disclosed details. According to Yonhap News Agency's report on the 11th, South Korea's former defense minister Jin Longxian attempted suicide in prison on the evening of 10th. In response, Shen Ronghai, head of the Department of Corrections of the Korean Ministry of Justice, said that at present, Jin Longxian "has no abnormal physical condition." According to the report, Shen Ronghai said on the 11th that at around 11: 52 last night (10th), before the arrest warrant was issued, the staff found him trying to connect clothes into a rope in the bathroom in an attempt to commit suicide. Shen Ronghai added that the staff immediately took action and opened the door, and then Jin Longxian gave up suicide. At present, Jin Longxian has been placed in the protection room, and according to the report, his physical condition is not abnormal for the time being. (Yonhap News Agency)The US Supreme Court dismissed the securities fraud lawsuit filed by shareholders against NVIDIA (NVDA.O).