Nasdaq, S&P hit new highs, French stock and bond yields fluctuate and rise, Euro once fell more than 1%, Dollar rose.
On the first trading day of December, Cyber Monday shopping amounts will break records, with the Nasdaq and Chinese concept stocks rising about 1%, and the chip index leading with a 2.6% increase, while the Dow fell from its peak. Tesla soared over 4% during the day, intel rose nearly 6% before turning negative, super micro computer surged nearly 29%, and Xpeng autos climbed over 5%, but Li Auto dropped nearly 4%. The French government faces a vote of no confidence, causing French stocks to briefly fall over 1%, and the spread between French and German government bond yields approached the widest in twelve years. US henry hub natural gas fell over 4%, the indian rupee hit a new low, and the offshore yuan dropped over 400 points, falling below 7.29 yuan.
Peak season's lackluster performance leads to another drop in raw milk prices. Is overseas bulk powdered milk still cost-effective? | Industry News
Since November, the price of raw milk has reached a new low in this cycle, and the import volume of bulk powder has been declining for eight consecutive months compared to the previous year; currently, domestic bulk powder has started to be exported at low stock prices to some major producing countries; experts believe that this trend of declining import of dairy products will continue.
The continuous inversion of raw milk prices has not resolved the "ranch crisis". Should we continue to slaughter cows?
①In the past year, the industry has been continuously 'slaughtering cows' to reduce overcapacity, but the situation of oversupply has not been reversed; ②The impact of oversupply of raw milk has fully appeared in the financial reports of large-scale farms and dairy enterprises; ③The current growth rate of raw milk production is further slowing down, and prices are expected to stabilize in the second quarter of 2025.
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Technology stocks led the S&P to four consecutive gains, Oracle reached a new high after hours, the US dollar and US bonds fell, gold hit a new high, and commodities rose.
In August, the PPI in the United States showed a cooling down of inflation, and the market slightly raised its bets on the Fed's aggressive interest rate cuts. US stocks rose together, with Nvidia up nearly 2%, while NIO Inc and XPeng fell more than 5%. The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the second time this year, but maintained a restrictive policy. European bonds fell, and the euro rebounded from its four-week low. Commodities rose across the board, with US oil briefly rising by 3.7%, gold reaching a new high with a nearly 2% increase, palladium rising by over 4%, and copper experiencing its largest two-month increase.
Consumer demand fell below expectations, mengniu dairy's revenue and net income both declined by double digits year-on-year | Financial report observation
Due to the surplus of raw milk supply and lower-than-expected demand, the dairy product industry is facing overall short-term decline. In the first half of the year, Mengniu Dairy's revenue decreased by 12.6% year-on-year and net income decreased by 17.2%.