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Russia lowered the tax rate of fertilizer export until the end of 2024.Germany's DAX 30 index initially closed up 0.34% at 20,399.53 points. The French stock index closed up 0.38%, the Italian stock index closed up 0.49%, the bank index rose 0.34%, and the British stock index closed up 0.25%.Spot gold stood at $2,720 per ounce, up 0.98% in the day.

Market information: US President-elect Trump plans to go to the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday to ring the bell for the opening of US stocks.Spot platinum just broke through the $940.00/oz mark, and the latest price was $940.55/oz, up 0.23% in the day; The main force of Nymex platinum futures recently reported $952.9 per ounce, up 0.40% in the day.Grifols SA, a Spanish pharmaceutical company, raised 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion) through a private placement of bonds, hoping to appease investors.

The data shows that from January to November, 2024, the financing scale of the IPO market in the UK fell by about 9% to US$ 1 billion. Looking around the world, the scale of IPO in London market fell to the 20th place this year, ranking behind Oman. Due to the low valuation and weak liquidity, many companies turn their IPO destinations to other places (Amsterdam, the Netherlands, etc.).German Ministry of Economic Affairs: German government abandons expansion plan of natural gas plant.Market information: Britain plans to lay off more than 10,000 civil servants.