Market news: Kenya will repay the final interest and principal of the US$2 billion bond in June next year.

U.S. new energy vehicle stocks opened higher, with Xpeng Motors (XPEV.N) rising more than 5%, Li Auto (LI.O) rising 3.8%, NIO (NIO.N) rising 1.9%, and Tesla (TSLA. O) rose 1.2%.

Ketli, Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Poland: CPI may be lower than expected in early 2024.

[Panama extends state of environmental emergency in response to long-term drought] On December 27, local time, Panama’s Cabinet Committee stated that due to the long-term drought, the country’s state of environmental emergency will be extended until May 31, 2024. On May 30, 2023, the Panama Cabinet Committee passed a resolution declaring a national environmental emergency until December 31 of the same year. Panamanian Environment Minister Milciades Concepcion said that since the beginning of this year, Panama has experienced record high temperatures and insufficient rainfall, which has seriously affected agricultural production and the operation of the Panama Canal. The extension of the state of environmental emergency is necessary as weather forecasts indicate that the dry season may be extended until mid-2024.

According to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the U.S. Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) reported 5.39% on December 27, tying the record high set earlier in December and reporting 5.35% the day before.

Emerging market currency indexes gave up gains after the release of U.S. employment data.

USD/JPY rose 35 points in the short term and is now at 141.10.

The euro against the U.S. dollar EUR/USD and the pound against the U.S. dollar GBP/USD fell nearly 30 points in the short term and are now at 1.1073 and 1.1238 respectively.

Market news: Brazil’s oil and natural gas production reached 4.7 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in November.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose 13 points in the short term and is now at 100.95.

According to a Reuters survey: 7 analysts expect the Bank of Israel to cut interest rates by 25 basis points next Monday, and 7 expect interest rates to remain unchanged at 4.75%.

U.S. natural gas futures rose more than 3.00% during the day and are currently trading at $2.511/million British thermal units.

Initial jobless claims edged higher than expected and U.S. Treasuries erased losses.

After the preliminary data was released, spot gold and the U.S. dollar index DXY showed little short-term fluctuations, now trading at $2,077.18 per ounce and 100.79 respectively.

The number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending December 23 was 218,000, slightly higher than the expected 210,000.

The four-week average number of initial jobless claims in the United States for the week ending December 23 was 212,000, compared with the previous value of 212,000.

The number of people continuing to apply for unemployment benefits in the United States in the week to December 16 was 1.875 million, which was expected to be 1.875 million, and the previous value was 1.865 million.

The monthly rate of U.S. wholesale inventories in November was -0.2%, expected -0.20%, and the previous value -0.40%.