Prime Minister of Thailand: It is estimated that the GDP growth rate will exceed 3% in the fourth quarter.A former employee of Adebio was sentenced and involved in AstraZeneca employees' insurance fraud case. A former employee of the genetic testing company Aidebio, which worked closely with AstraZeneca, committed medical insurance fraud together with AstraZeneca sales staff during his tenure in the company. He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment and fined for fraud, and I pleaded guilty. A judgment obtained shows that Ma, a former employee of Aide Bio involved in the case, conspired with AstraZeneca employees to tamper with the genetic test report during his tenure. He began to accept public security investigation in September 2021 and was sentenced in August 2023. However, on December 9, 2024, the company replied that "there is no problem (cooperation with AstraZeneca), which has no impact on us and has nothing to do with us" and denied that any employees were involved. (financial magazine)Afternoon comments on Hong Kong stocks: Hang Seng Index rose by 1.72%, Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 2.55%, Hong Kong stocks closed at noon, Hang Seng Index rose by 1.72% and Hang Seng Technology Index rose by 2.55%. Chinese brokerage stocks and consumer stocks were among the top gainers, with China Merchants Securities, Mengniu Dairy and Tongcheng Travel up over 7% and over 5% respectively.
Afternoon comment: the index opened lower and went higher, and the index rose more than 1% in half a day. The concept of ice and snow industry rose in early trading, and the three major indexes opened lower and went higher in early trading, and the index rose more than 1% in half a day. In terms of sectors, the concept of ice and snow industry rose in early trading, with Jingxue saving energy by 20cm, and Rhine Sports, Snowman and Dalian Shengya trading daily. The retail sector has experienced a daily limit, and Zhongbai Group, Youa Shares, Friendship Group and other collective daily limit; Chinese medicine stocks fluctuated strongly, and Panlong Pharmaceutical had a daily limit; The concept of humanoid robot continued to pull back, and Fenda Technology led the decline; Sora concept stocks bottomed out in early trading, and Fushi Holdings was among the top losers; The concept of machine vision was weakly adjusted, and Taier shares fell by a word. Overall, stocks rose more and fell less, with more than 2,900 stocks rising. On the disk, the ice and snow industry, duty-free shops and retail sectors were among the top gainers, while PEEK materials, automation equipment and science and technology innovation new shares were among the top losers.By 11:30, 100 stocks in the two cities had daily limit.Market News: NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, focusing on artificial intelligence to drive cars.
This year, the amount of M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong has reached 38 billion US dollars, which has triggered a rare bidding war. This year is expected to be the busiest year for M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong in the past decade, with industries ranging from skin care products to logistics real estate, and the bidding war has also warmed up. It is reported that China Mobile's bid for Hongkong Broadband may face competition from American private equity firm I Squared Capital. Bi Hua, chairman of Fenmei Packaging, is negotiating with Qihao Capital to jointly counter the privatization offer of Shandong Xinjufeng. The data shows that the scale of M&A transactions for listed companies in Hong Kong has reached $38 billion this year, the highest level since 2017, including the merger of Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, a smaller competitor, to become the largest brokerage firm in China.Thailand's consumer confidence index rose to 56.9 in November, boosted by stimulus measures, and Thailand's consumer confidence index rose from 56.0 to 56.9 in November.Ma Huateng People's Daily wrote: Promote the healthy and sustainable development of the digital economy. Ma Huateng said in the People's Daily that Tencent, as a digital technology enterprise, actively responded to the deployment of the country to expand domestic demand and actively explored the development of digital consumption. By optimizing consumer tools such as WeChat payment, the company tries to create and serve effective demand and promote economic cycle by testing the e-commerce business such as live delivery of water video numbers. At the same time, Tencent relies on the WeChat ecosystem to enhance the absorption and friendliness of employment and entrepreneurship. Last year, it provided employment income opportunities for more than 50 million people. In the future, Tencent will also increase investment, devote itself to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and jointly contribute to the stable and healthy development of China's economy with the vast number of private enterprises.