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Market news: Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that US tariffs have caused uncertainty in the supply chain.

The bid-to-cover ratio for Japan's 2-year government bond auction was 3.26, compared to 3.53 during the last issuance in November.

DownDetector, a network monitoring website, reports user complaints about issues with Amazon Web Services.

Hengda New Materials hit the 20cm daily limit.

Toyota suspended production of its latest RAV4 SUV on December 15 and plans to resume production on Thursday afternoon.

Foxconn's Foxtron Bria series offers three models priced at NT$899,000, NT$1,050,000, and NT$1,150,000 respectively.

N Jiangtian surged over 240%.

Regional authorities say two oil product storage tanks caught fire after a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian port of Temryuk.

The yield on Japan's 5-year government bonds fell 0.5 basis points to 1.485%.

On December 25, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that a spokesperson for the DPRK Ministry of National Defense issued a statement on December 24, saying that the United States' recent attempts to create serious nuclear instability in the DPRK's security environment necessitate countermeasures against the US nuclear show of force. The statement noted that on December 23, a US Navy attack submarine entered the Busan operational base in South Korea under the pretext of crew leave and resupply. Earlier, on November 7, the USS George Washington nuclear-powered aircraft carrier strike group entered South Korea. These actions by the US have severely escalated military tensions and instability on the Korean Peninsula and in the region. The statement asserted that the DPRK will significantly enhance its defense capabilities to safeguard its national interests and will consider countermeasures against the US nuclear show of force, choosing the method and timing of implementation based on both symmetrical and asymmetrical principles.

The yield on 30-year Japanese government bonds fell 5 basis points to 3.37%.

On December 25th, Shenghui Technology stated on its interactive platform that new energy business is a key focus of the company's strategic transformation, primarily concentrating on the hydrogen energy sector. Its business encompasses the upstream manufacturing of hydrogen production equipment and the downstream operation of hydrogen-powered vehicles. To date, its subsidiary, Shengqing Hydrogen Production, has achieved market-ready delivery of hydrogen production equipment; and its subsidiary, Shenghui New Energy, has successfully won the bid for the "Photovoltaic-Hydrogen-Oil" integrated energy mother station project (the Zhongqing Chikan Integrated Energy Station General Contracting Project).

Futures News, December 25th: Oil prices stopped rising and corrected, and the news in the fuel oil market turned negative. On the supply and demand side, demand release was slow and refineries lacked the impetus to support prices. Downstream traders bought on dips and operated cautiously, with demand being the main driver. Lacking substantial positive factors to boost prices, fuel oil trading is expected to be stagnant in some areas today, with some areas still likely to see a slight decline.

On December 25th, it was reported that James Dyson, Britain's richest man and founder of Dyson, recently made significant adjustments to his family's wealth management structure. According to analysis of company registration documents, Weybourne, the Dyson family's investment company, transferred at least £624 million from its main UK entity to its Singapore holding company this year, reducing the share capital of its UK entity to just £1. Simultaneously, Weybourne has posted several job openings in Singapore in recent weeks, aiming to build a "new team" to support the management of its multi-asset portfolio; at the same time, the company's influence in the United States is also shrinking.

December 25 (KCNA) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un received a congratulatory telegram from Russian President Vladimir Putin on December 18, according to a report by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The report stated that Putin's telegram noted the special significance of the past year for relations between Moscow and Pyongyang. He cited the participation of the Korean People's Army in the Kursk campaign and the subsequent deployment of North Korean engineering units to Russia, highlighting the unbreakable fighting friendship between Russia and North Korea. Putin also stated that, through joint efforts, every clause of the historic comprehensive strategic partnership treaty has been systematically implemented, contributing to a significant expansion of bilateral cooperation in political, economic, cultural, and other fields. Putin emphasized that Russia and North Korea will continue to strengthen their friendly alliance and engage in constructive cooperation in regional and international affairs.

Foreign investors reduced their purchases of Japanese government bonds by 46.2 billion yen in the week ending December 19, compared to 1.4075 trillion yen in the previous week.

Japan's purchases of foreign stocks in the week ending December 19 amounted to -204.5 billion yen, compared to -79.2 billion yen in the previous week.

Japan purchased 103 billion yen in foreign bonds in the week ending December 19, compared with a revised figure of 355.8 billion yen in the previous week (originally 356.4 billion yen).

Foreign investors net outflowed 1,234.8 billion yen from Japanese stocks in the week ending December 19, compared with a revised figure of 214.2 billion yen in the previous week (originally 528.3 billion yen).