BENCHMARK LME THREE-MONTH #COPPER RISES 6.13% TO RECORD HIGH AT $12,908 A METRIC TON

BARCLAYS NAMES MINOURA CHAIRMAN OF INVESTMENT BANKING IN JAPAN

ROK: Special Prosecutor "Yoon Testified He Had No Idea About His Spouse Receiving Money and Gifts… Hard to Believe"

Key Points of Past 48 Hours - @MKTNews 1. Geopolitics and Security - United States / Venezuela: Donald Trump said the U.S. military carried out a secret strike on a target in Venezuela. - China / U.S.: China announced countermeasures against 20 U.S. defense-related companies and

COPPER SURGES MORE THAN 5% IN LONDON TO HIT RECORD HIGH

VIETNAM SETS DONG DAILY REFERENCE RATE AT 25,125 PER DOLLAR

COPPER SURGES MORE THAN 5% IN LONDON TO HIT RECORD HIGH

CHINA TO HOLD MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN AFTER US ARMS DEAL

NOMURA FIXES YEN AT 156.47/DOLLAR, 0.01 STRONGER

MIZUHO BANK FIXES YEN AT 156.47/DOLLAR, 0.04 STRONGER

MUFG BANK FIXES YEN AT 156.47/DOLLAR, 0.04 STRONGER

📈📉Silver Rose to Record Above $80 in Historic End-of-Year Rally Silver surged above $80 an ounce for the first time, rising about 25% over six sessions, the biggest such gain since 1950, driven by speculative inflows, supply dislocations after an October short squeeze, and

📉SPOT PALLADIUM FALLS NEARLY 6% TO $1,808.30/OZ $XPD $XPDUSD

CHINA TO HOLD MILITARY DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN AFTER US ARMS DEAL

COUPANG TO PAY 1.69 TRILLION WON IN COMPENSATION TO SOUTH KOREA USERS FOR DATA LEAK -STATEMENT

TRUMP, NETANYAHU TO MEET AT 1PM ET MONDAY

🇨🇳Naval and Air Forces of PLA Eastern Theater Command Conduct Combat Readiness Patrols Surrounding Taiwan Island Staring from December 29, the PLA Eastern Theater Command is dispatching its naval and air assets to carry out combat readiness patrols around the Taiwan Island. The

CHINA PBOC EXPECTED TO SET YUAN MID-POINT NEAR 7.0057 PER DOLLAR — SOURCE ESTIMATE

Naver’s AI model beats Gemini 3 Pro on benchmarks. 네이버 AI모델, 벤치마크에서 제미나이 3 프로 꺾어.

FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: WILL CONVENE COUNTRIES OF THE “COALITION OF THE WILLING” IN PARIS IN EARLY JANUARY TO FINALIZE EACH NATION’S CONCRETE CONTRIBUTIONS

FRANCE PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON SECURITY GUARANTEES CENTRAL TO A JUST AND LASTING PEACE; ALONG WITH OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS I SPOKE WITH VOLODYMYR ZELENSKIY AND DONALD TRUMP, AND THEN HELD A SEPARATE CALL WITH ZELENSKIY

FRANCE'S MACRON: WILL BRING TOGETHER COUNTRIES OF COALITION OF THE WILLING IN PARIS IN EARLY JANUARY TO FINALIZE EACH COUNTRY’S CONCRETE CONTRIBUTIONS

FRANCE'S MACRON: WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS ON THE SECURITY GUARANTEES THAT WILL BE CENTRAL TO BUILDING A JUST AND LASTING PEACE

FRANCE'S MACRON: ALONG WITH OTHER EUROPEAN LEADERS, I TOOK PART THIS EVENING IN EXCHANGE WITH PRESIDENTS ZELENSKIY,TRUMP. I THEN SPOKE WITH ZELENSKIY

BOJ SUMMARY: CABINET OFFICE SAID IT HOPES BOJ GUIDES APPROPRIATE POLICY UNDER BOJ LAW AND JOINT STATEMENT, ACKNOWLEDGED THE DECISION AIMS TO STABLY ACHIEVE THE PRICE TARGET WHILE STAYING VIGILANT ON CAPEX AND PROFITS, AND ONE MEMBER SAID REAL WAGES MAY TURN POSITIVE IN THE FIRST

Macron: ‘Alongside several other European leaders, I took part this evening in an exchange with Presidents @ZelenskyyUa and @realDonaldTrump. I then had a discussion with President Zelenskyy. We are making progress on the security guarantees that will be central to building a

BOJ SUMMARY: CABINET OFFICE SAID BOJ DECISION AIMS TO STABLY ACHIEVE PRICE TARGET BUT VIGILANCE IS NEEDED ON CAPEX AND PROFITS, ONE MEMBER SAID REAL WAGES MAY TURN POSITIVE IN THE FIRST HALF OF NEXT YEAR, AND GOVERNMENT STIMULUS COULD SUPPORT GROWTH FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS

Sheinbaum: ‘The Secretariat of the Navy has informed me that in the Interoceanic Train accident, unfortunately 13 people lost their lives; 98 are injured, five of them seriously. The injured are receiving care at IMSS hospitals in Matías Romero and Salina Cruz, as well as at

BOJ SUMMARY: ONE MEMBER SAID KEEPING REAL RATES AWAY FROM EQUILIBRIUM COULD DISTORT RESOURCE ALLOCATION AND HURT SUSTAINED GROWTH, ADDING THAT JAPAN’S REAL POLICY RATE IS THE LOWEST GLOBALLY AND RATE HIKES ARE APPROPRIATE GIVEN FX-DRIVEN INFLATION IMPACTS

BOJ SUMMARY: ONE MEMBER SAID POLICY ADJUSTMENTS SHOULD BE DATA-DEPENDENT RATHER THAN ON A FIXED PACE, WHILE RATES STILL NEED TO RISE STEADILY TO AVOID FALLING BEHIND THE CURVE, WITH CAREFUL MONITORING OF ECONOMIC AND MARKET IMPACTS AS REAL RATES REMAIN DEEPLY NEGATIVE

BOJ SUMMARY: ONE MEMBER SAID RATES MUST BE RAISED STEADILY TO AVOID FALLING BEHIND THE CURVE, WHILE REAL INTEREST RATES WILL REMAIN DEEPLY NEGATIVE EVEN AFTER A HIKE TO 0.75%, REQUIRING CAREFUL MONITORING OF IMPACTS ON THE ECONOMY AND MARKETS

BOJ SUMMARY: ONE MEMBER SAID PROMPT RATE HIKES WOULD CURB FUTURE INFLATION AND BOND YIELD RISES, ADDING THAT THE WEAK YEN AND HIGHER LONG-TERM RATES MAY BE DUE TO POLICY RATES BEING TOO LOW RELATIVE TO INFLATION

BOJ SUMMARY (BANK OF JAPAN): ONE MEMBER SAID POLICY MUST RESPOND PROMPTLY AS OVERSEAS RATES MAY SHIFT, RATES SHOULD BE RAISED ABOUT ONCE EVERY FEW MONTHS FOR NOW, AND JAPAN’S ECONOMY IS IN A PHASE WHERE FISCAL AND MONETARY POLICIES CAN COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER

BOJ SUMMARY: ONE MEMBER SAID TIMELY RATE ADJUSTMENTS CAN SUPPORT SUSTAINED, STABLE GROWTH, BUT IT IS HARD TO PINPOINT JAPAN’S NEUTRAL RATE IN ADVANCE AND POLICY RATES ARE STILL SOME DISTANCE FROM NEUTRAL

CHINA MILITARY (PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY): PLANNED DRILLS AROUND TAIWAN WILL FOCUS ON NAVAL AND AIR COMBAT READINESS AND CONTROL OF KEY POINTS, DESCRIBED AS A ROUTINE MISSION, WITH DRILL COORDINATES RELEASED — XINHUA/CCTV

CHINA MILITARY (PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY): ISSUES NOTICE ON PLANNED DRILLS SET FOR DECEMBER 30 FROM 8 AM TO 6 PM — XINHUA

MEXICAN AUTHORITIES SAY AT LEAST 13 DEAD AFTER TRAIN DERAILS

Innolux Wins RF Chip Component Packaging Order from SpaceX • Innolux: Forecasts improved performance in 2026 driven by a simultaneous rise in prices and volume in the display industry. Notably, the company is achieving results in its transition to FOPLP and is reported to have

Samsung Electronics, 'Drive' to Expand Pyeongtaek Semiconductor Plant Capacity... Consecutive Orders for Gas & Chemical Equipment Samsung Electronics is pushing to expand the production capacity of its Pyeongtaek semiconductor plant in response to the growing demand for memory

Zelenskyy: ‘Thank you, President Trump and his team, for the negotiations. Thank you, United States, for your support. Together, we have and can implement our vision of a series of steps towards peace.’

ROK: President Lee, on the 12·29 disaster: "Apologize as President…Comprehensive support for bereaved families"

*SILVER RISES TO RECORD ABOVE $80 AN OUNCE

ZELENSKIY SAYS TRUMP WILL HOST UKRAINE, EUROPEAN LEADERS IN JANUARY IN WASHINGTON

ZELENSKIY SAYS UKRAINE, U.S. TEAMS TO MEET NEXT WEEK

ZELENSKIY SAYS MEETING WITH TRUMP REACHED SIGNIFICANT RESULTS

Zelenskyy: ‘Thank you, President Trump, for a wonderful meeting. We had a meaningful discussion on all issues and highly appreciate the progress made by the Ukrainian and American teams over the past few weeks. Special thanks to Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for their

PUTIN’S SPECIAL ENVOY Kirill Dmitriev: THE WHOLE WORLD APPRECIATES PRESIDENT Donald Trump AND HIS TEAM’S PEACE EFFORTS

"WHOLE WORLD" APPRECIATES PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS TEAM’S PEACE EFFORTS, PUTIN'S SPECIAL ENVOY DMITRIEV SAYS

TSMC to Raise Prices Again for Advanced Nodes at 3nm and Below Starting January 2026 (Taiwan Economic Daily) • As global AI demand continues to surge, TSMC’s production capacity for advanced processes at 3nm and below remains tight, with supply still unable to catch up with

EU COMMISSION'S VON DER LEYEN: PARAMOUNT TO THIS EFFORT IS TO HAVE IRONCLAD SECURITY GUARANTEES FROM DAY ONE