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Futures News, December 24th: Crude oil prices are trending upward, but gasoline and diesel shipments are sluggish, resulting in a mixed market sentiment for fuel oil. Downstream businesses are purchasing only as needed, maintaining a cautious trading attitude. Market buying activity is slow, and refineries are under pressure to ship their products. It is expected that fuel oil trading will mostly stabilize after a decline today, with some individual stocks experiencing tentative upward movements.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: A minority of members indicated that the depreciation of the yen could lead to inflation overshooting through rising import prices.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member stated that inflation expectations among businesses and households have reached 2%, and the risk of rising prices must be guarded against.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member stated that fiscal policy is an important factor in formulating economic and price forecasts.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: A minority of members indicated that underlying inflation is gradually accelerating, but has not yet reached 2%.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member stated that there is a high probability that Japan will be judged to have achieved the Bank of Japan's inflation target around next spring, at which time Japan is likely to see the wage growth required to achieve the inflation target.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: Bank of Japan policy board members Naoki Tamura and Hajime Takada proposed raising the policy rate from 0.5% to 0.75%, but the proposal was rejected with 2 votes in favor and 7 votes against.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: A representative from the Ministry of Finance stated that he hoped the Bank of Japan would closely monitor economic developments and maintain close communication with the market in guiding policy to achieve its price targets in a stable and sustainable manner.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: A Cabinet Secretary expressed the hope that the Bank of Japan would work closely with the government to adopt appropriate monetary policy in a stable and sustainable manner to achieve its price target.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: Several members indicated that adjusting the level of monetary support would stabilize economic and price growth, as the Bank of Japan's current policy interest rate is above the neutral level.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member stated that the Bank of Japan should raise interest rates when appropriate.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member said that the conditions for policy normalization are in place, but it is necessary to confirm whether underlying inflation has stabilized near the target.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: One member said that the time for an interest rate hike is approaching, but we should wait a while longer to carefully examine the direction of the new government's policies.

Bank of Japan meeting minutes: Several members believed that the likelihood of economic and price forecasts coming true had increased, but that existing policies must be maintained to further confirm that proactive wage-setting behavior would not be disrupted.

Minutes of the Bank of Japan's October 29-30 meeting: The participating members unanimously agreed that if economic and price forecasts are realized as expected, the Bank of Japan will continue to raise interest rates.

Japan's corporate services price index rose 0.4% month-on-month in November, down from 0.6% in the previous month.

Japan's corporate services price index rose 2.7% year-on-year in November, down from 2.70% in the previous month.

On December 24th, Zhou Liufu (06168.HK) issued an announcement on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on the evening of December 23rd, stating that its board of directors had noticed unusual fluctuations in the company's H-share price recently. After making reasonable inquiries, the board confirmed that, as of the date of this announcement, it was not aware of any reasons for the share price fluctuations, any information required to be disclosed to avoid a false market in the company's securities, or any inside information required to be disclosed under Part XIVA of the Securities and Futures Ordinance (Chapter 571 of the Laws of Hong Kong). As of the date of this announcement, the board confirmed that the Group's business operations are normal and stable, its core business is progressing smoothly, and there are no material matters requiring disclosure that would concern the board and management.

SHOT and Baza, Russian Telegram channels with close ties to the Russian security services, reported that an explosion was heard at the site in Moscow where a Russian general was killed two days ago. Moscow has not yet officially confirmed this.