WTI crude oil futures closed up $1.27, or more than 1.81%, to $71.29/barrel, approaching the closing price of $71.96 on November 7, with a cumulative increase of more than 6.08% this week.US stocks "Seven Sisters" | Tesla rose more than 4.3%, and Apple hit a record high. NVIDIA fell about 6% this week. On Friday (December 13), in "Magnificent 7", NVIDIA fell 2.25%, and this week it fell 5.75%. Meta Platforms fell by 1.66%, with a cumulative decline of 0.55% this week, and rose by 0.91%, 2.71% and 8.61% in the previous three weeks; Google A fell by 1.11% and rose by 8.77% this week, after rising by 2.54% and 3.41% in the previous two weeks. Amazon fell 0.66% and rose 0.19% this week, barely holding the performance of rising 5.46% and 9.21% in the previous two weeks; Microsoft fell 0.51% and rose 0.83% this week, after rising 0.68%, 1.55% and 4.75% in the previous three weeks. Apple closed up 0.07%, reaching a record high of $248.13, with a closing market value of $3.75 trillion, up 2.18% this week, and up 2.16%, 3.25% and 2.32% in the previous three weeks. Tesla rose by 4.34%, reaching a record closing high of $436.23, with a closing market value of $1.40 trillion. This week, it rose by 12.8%, continuing the performance of rising by 12.77% last week. In addition, AMD closed down 2.83%, Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares fell 0.16%, Lilly Pharmaceuticals rose 0.87%, and TSMC ADR rose 4.98%.Sources said that Qatar will send a delegation to visit Syria on the 15th. The reporter was informed that on December 13th, local time, Qatari sources said that Qatar will send an official delegation to visit Syria on the 15th and hold talks with representatives of the Syrian transitional government. The source said that the two sides will focus on the reopening of Qatar's embassy in Syria and the provision of humanitarian assistance to Syria. He also said that the report that Khalfan Kabi, director of the Qatar National Security Agency, visited Syria on the 12th of this month was untrue.
A few ETFs in the U.S. stock market closed up, with semiconductor ETFs rising by more than 2.5%. This week, biotechnology ETFs fell by more than 3.3%, while optional consumer ETFs rose by more than 1.1%. On Friday (December 13th), semiconductor ETFs closed up by 2.51%, global technology stock index ETFs rose by 0.87%, technology ETFs rose by 0.43%, and optional consumer ETFs rose by 0.4%.Brent crude oil futures closed up $1.08, or 1.47%, at $74.49/barrel.Italian President: The escalation of violence against civilians in Gaza is unacceptable. On December 13th, local time, Italian President Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister meloni respectively met with visiting Palestinian President Abbas in Rome. During the meeting, Italian President Mattarella said that the escalating violence against civilians, women and children in Gaza was unacceptable. Italy is committed to a real ceasefire in Gaza and hopes to realize the "two-state solution" immediately.
The Central Meteorological Observatory continued to issue a blue gale warning at 06: 00 on December 14th. It is estimated that there will be 5 winds and gusts of 6~7 in parts of southern Qinghai, central and eastern Inner Mongolia and eastern Shandong Peninsula from 08: 00 on December 14th to 08: 00 on the 15th. There will be strong winds of 7-8 grades and gusts of 9 grades in the Bohai Strait, northern Yellow Sea, most of the East China Sea, Taiwan Province Strait, east of Taiwan Province, bashi channel, most of the South China Sea and Beibu Gulf.On Friday (December 13th), the won finally fell by 0.38% to 1,435.34 won against the US dollar, approaching the bottom of 1,444.09 won on December 4th, when the "curfew farce night" appeared, with a cumulative drop of 0.87% this week. South Korea's ETF EWY, which is listed in the US, is currently up 0.70% to $55.87, and has risen 1.65% so far this week.The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has taken measures to simplify the procedures for commercial space launch and license approval.