Bank of England member Haskell: Low unemployment may keep interest rates high.

A senior Hezbollah member said that Lebanon remained "ready to face" any danger from Israel and that developments in the Gaza Strip could still affect the situation in Lebanon.

A German government spokesman said on the budget negotiation timetable that they are aware of the urgency and have a strong incentive to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

German Foreign Minister Berberk: COP28 needs to complete the final decision on exiting fossil fuels.

World Bank: Climate spending will increase by $9 billion per year to $40 billion.

World Bank: From 2024 to 2025, 45% of annual financing will be used for climate projects, compared with 35% previously.

Bank of America: The 60/40 portfolio grew an average of 9.6% in November, the best month since December 1991.

Bank of America: U.S. small-cap stocks outflowed $2.1 billion, the largest level in seven weeks.

Bank of America: High-yield bonds saw $12 billion in inflows, the largest since June 2020; $3.7 billion flowed into U.S. growth stocks, the largest in 11 weeks.

Bank of America: In the week ended Wednesday, there were $75.6 billion in cash, $3.7 billion in bonds, $2.6 billion in stocks and $400 million in gold, according to EPFR data.

The U.S. dollar index DXY rose 10 points in the short term and is currently at 103.44.

Geely Automobile (00175.HK): Sales of plug-in hybrid vehicles in November were 29,705 units.

Geely Automobile (00175.HK): Sales of pure electric vehicles in November were 35,329 units, a year-on-year increase of 13%.

Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov: We have not seen any signal that Ukraine is ready to turn to a political process.

Sources: Oil loading at the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk was suspended again on Friday due to renewed storms.

UN Secretary-General Guterres: I deeply regret the resumption of military operations in the Gaza Strip.

European Commission Vice President Sefcovic: Renewable energy is the only way to replace Russian oil and gas.

Market news: The EU will contribute more than 220 million euros to the climate disaster fund.

According to RIA Novosti: The Russian Defense Minister stated that Russia will hold the "Ocean-2024" military exercise in 2024.