European natural gas futures fell by more than 11% this week, and the EU carbon tax fell by about 6%. At the end of the European market on Friday (December 13th), ICE UK natural gas futures fell by 3.41% to 102.560p/kcal, with a cumulative decline of 11.49% this week. TTF benchmark Dutch natural gas futures fell 3.57% to 41.030 Euro/MWh, down 11.67% this week. ICE EU carbon emissions trading license (futures price) fell 2.80% to 64.25 euros/ton, down 5.94% this week.Japanese yen moves towards the longest losing streak since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will stay put and the yen will move towards the longest losing streak against the US dollar since June. Traders bet that the Bank of Japan will not raise interest rates next week. The yen continued to fall on Friday, falling 0.7% against the US dollar to 153.72 yen, the lowest level since November 26th. The yen has fallen for the fifth day in a row, and is heading for the worst weekly performance in more than two months. Earlier this week, it was reported that the Bank of Japan thought that it would not pay a huge price to wait until January or later, because there were signs that there was little risk that inflation might exceed the target. It is reported that officials are still open to taking action next week, depending on data and market trends.London cocoa futures rose more than 4% to 8516 pounds a ton. New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a ton.
TSMC's first Japanese wafer fab is expected to carry out mass production before the end of the year.Greek officials said that they would buy artillery systems from Israel, and two Greek officials said that Greece was in deep negotiations to buy 36 sets of PULS rocket launcher systems from Israel to promote the modernization of its armed forces, with a value of 600 million to 700 million euros.British Prime Minister's Spokesman: Stamer told G7 that Assad should be welcomed to step down, but we must be cautious about what happens next.
WTI crude oil rose 1.5% in the day to 70.71 USD/barrel.Liquid, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup, received a valuation of $2.3 billion in the latest round of financing.The pharmacy chain WBA rose to 4%. It is reported that Sycamore Partners LP is arranging a debt financing plan for the acquisition of WBA. Sycamore has contacted lenders such as Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase.