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Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 1% to 112,128.50.Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 111,504.90.With a case value of 6.891 billion yuan, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Huangpu Customs launched a special campaign to crack down on smuggling and fraudulent tax refund, which was announced by the Customs. Recently, the Anti-smuggling Bureau of Huangpu Customs, together with the Third Branch of the Securities Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the Economic Investigation Corps of the Hunan Provincial Public Security Department and the Yueyang Public Security Bureau of Hunan Province, launched a special campaign to crack down on smuggling and fraudulent tax refund, and simultaneously carried out arrests and investigations in Dongguan, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Yueyang and Jinjiang. After preliminary investigation, criminal gangs were suspected of smuggling imported LCD screens and integrated circuits with a case value of 756 million yuan, falsely issuing special invoices for value-added tax and defrauding export tax rebate of 6.135 billion yuan, with a total case value of 6.891 billion yuan.

Turkey imposes additional tax on Iranian flat glass imports.Citigroup slightly lowered South Korea's GDP growth forecast to 1.5% next year. It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates next month. Citigroup released a report saying that considering the worse economic sentiment in South Korea this month, it slightly lowered its GDP forecast for this year and next year by 0.1 percentage point to 2.1% and 1.5% respectively. The bank slightly lowered Korea's GDP growth forecast for the last quarter of this year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.3% quarterly, and raised its GDP growth forecast for the first quarter of next year by 0.1 percentage point to rise by 0.6% quarterly. Looking forward to the first quarter of next year, the bank expects South Korea to adopt a combination of expansionary policies, including the Bank of Korea's expected interest rate cut to 2.75% in mid-January, and the government's expected additional budget of 30 trillion won (equivalent to about 1.1% of GDP next year). It is expected that the Bank of Korea will cut interest rates by 25BP each in January, April, July and October next year, and the final interest rate is expected to be 2%.The passenger throughput of airports in Shanxi Province exceeded 20 million passengers. The reporter learned from Shanxi Aviation Industry Group Co., Ltd. on the 12th that as of December 10th, the passenger throughput of airports in Shanxi Province exceeded 20 million passengers, 14 days earlier than that in 2019, realizing a new leap-forward development. (China News Network)

Institution: The battery price stabilized in November, and it is expected to rise slightly in 2025. On December 12, according to the latest research of TrendForce Jibang Consulting, in November 2024, the sales of electric vehicles in China continued to increase, which boosted the demand for power batteries, and the price of Ferrous lithium phosphate batteries remained stable, while the ternary batteries declined slightly. The demand for batteries in the energy storage market maintained the peak season characteristics, and with the price advantage of large-capacity batteries, the proportion of shipments increased. However, the average price of energy storage batteries continued to decline in November due to the slowdown in demand for orders at the end of the year. The agency expects that the price of some lithium battery materials may rise slightly in the peak season of 2025, which is expected to repair the serious losses of the company in the early stage. However, due to the fact that the relationship between supply and demand has not changed from surplus to shortage, the expected increase in material prices is limited, and battery manufacturers actively control costs, the battery price trend will be stable next year.Market News: NVIDIA has increased its recruitment in China, focusing on artificial intelligence to drive cars.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)