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Analyst: Britain's economic contraction for the second consecutive month sounded the alarm. AJ Bell analyst Danni Hewson said in a report that one month's data can't tell the whole story, but when the British economy contracted for two consecutive months-just like September and October-it is worthy of attention. The last time the economy contracted for two consecutive months was during the first pandemic blockade in 2020. She said that the uncertainty before the government budget may lead individuals and businesses to avoid spending for fear of possible tax increases. Bars, restaurants and art industries were hit hard in October. Hewson said that such discretionary expenses can be easily cut. In addition, looking back over the past six months, except August, the economic activity in each month was flat or decreased.According to HKEx documents, Ganyuan Weike Holdings Co., Ltd. submitted an application for listing to HKEx.Liard: In the future, it is possible to integrate algorithms with AI chips to improve the control ability of robot limbs. Liard said on the conference call that the company has actually been an optical camera for many years, and the technology of this company is still relatively mature. This belongs to the hardware. In the future, it is possible to integrate the algorithm with the current AI chip more. After the integration of this chip with partners, the local computing power of the robot will be improved, and then the limb control ability of the robot will be improved.

Market News: The European Central Bank will release the data of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Bond Purchase Program (PEPP) once a month from January 8 next year.Morgan Stanley kept Apple's target price at $273.00.Japanese people protested against sexual violence by US troops stationed in Japan. On the evening of 13th, Japanese people held a rally outside the Japanese Foreign Ministry in Tokyo to protest against sexual violence by US troops stationed in Japan. (Xinhua News Agency)

Kaitou Macro: There is no end in sight for the industrial difficulties in the euro zone. Jack Allen-Reynolds, a macro economist at Kaitou, said in a report that the stagnation of industrial production in the euro zone in October shows that its industrial sector is still weak and will continue to struggle. In fact, he said, without Ireland's data, the G-20' s constant production data would look much worse, or it would drop by 0.5% month-on-month, while Ireland's data is notoriously unstable. Allen-Reynolds said that the output in October excluding Ireland decreased by 2.8% compared with the same period of last year, which was 18% lower than the output level of energy-intensive industries before the outbreak of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. He said that automobile production is 17% lower than the pre-epidemic level. Although the production performance of other industries is not so bad, the latest survey shows that the overall industrial production continues to decline.Jiaying Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.: The chairman of the board proposed to buy back the company's shares of no more than 132.3 million yuan. On the evening of December 13, Jiaying Pharmaceutical announced that Li Neng, the chairman of the company, proposed that the company buy back some RMB common shares (A shares) issued by the company through the trading system of Shenzhen Stock Exchange with its own funds, and the repurchased shares are intended to be used for implementing employee stock ownership plan or equity incentive. According to the proposal, combined with the company's financial operation and actual situation, the number of shares to be repurchased this time is not less than 7 million shares (inclusive), accounting for about 1.3793% of the company's total share capital; It does not exceed 13.5 million shares (inclusive), accounting for about 2.6600% of the company's total share capital. According to the calculation that the maximum number of repurchased shares is 13.5 million shares (inclusive) and the maximum price of repurchased shares is 9.80 yuan/share (inclusive), the total amount of repurchased shares does not exceed 132.3 million yuan (inclusive).The Baltic Sea Index fell for the fourth consecutive week due to the drop in freight rates of all ship sectors. According to the latest data, the Baltic Dry Index (BDI) reported 1051 points on December 13, 2024, the lowest level since July 25, 2023, down 0.38% from the previous value, and fell for the fourth consecutive day. Among them, Panama-type freight index (BPI) reported 995 points, down 2.55% from the previous value, Cape-type freight index (BCI) reported 1263 points, up 0.88%, and super handy ship freight index (BSI) reported 959 points, down 0.21%. The Baltic Exchange's Dry Bulk Shipping Index, which is used to measure the freight of ships transporting dry bulk goods, fell for the fourth week in a row on Friday, because all ship sectors fell this week. The index, which takes into account the freight rates of Capesize, Panamax and Super Handy ships, fell 4 points to 1,051 points on Friday, the lowest level since the end of July 2023. The index fell by about 10% this week. Panama shipping freight index fell 26 points to 995 points. The index also fell this week. Panama-type ships usually carry 60,000-70,000 tons of coal or grain cargo, and their average daily income dropped by $231 to $8,955. Although the freight index of Cape ships rose by 11 points to 1,263 points on Friday, it still fell for the fourth consecutive week. Cape ships usually transport 150 thousand tons of goods, such as iron ore and coal, and their average daily income has increased by 92 dollars to 10,474 dollars. Iron ore futures fell, but closed higher this week. Among small vessels, the freight index of super handy vessels dropped by 2 points to 959 points, which also recorded a loss in Zhou Du.