2024-12-14 11:00:43
This year, the amount of M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong has reached 38 billion US dollars, which has triggered a rare bidding war. This year is expected to be the busiest year for M&A transactions involving listed companies in Hong Kong in the past decade, with industries ranging from skin care products to logistics real estate, and the bidding war has also warmed up. It is reported that China Mobile's bid for Hongkong Broadband may face competition from American private equity firm I Squared Capital. Bi Hua, chairman of Fenmei Packaging, is negotiating with Qihao Capital to jointly counter the privatization offer of Shandong Xinjufeng. The data shows that the scale of M&A transactions for listed companies in Hong Kong has reached $38 billion this year, the highest level since 2017, including the merger of Guotai Junan Securities and Haitong Securities, a smaller competitor, to become the largest brokerage firm in China.Ministry of Water Resources: A number of projects to fully promote the construction of the national water network are accelerating. On December 12, the State Council Office held a press conference to introduce the tenth anniversary of the first phase of the East Middle Route of the South-to-North Water Transfer Project. Zhang Xiangwei, director of the Planning Department of the Ministry of Water Resources, said that the Ministry of Water Resources has made every effort to promote the construction of the national water network according to the overall deployment of the Outline of the National Water Network Construction Plan, focusing on networking, supplementing the network and strengthening the chain. Judging from the main artery of the national water network, the middle route of South-to-North Water Transfer Project is accelerating. From the point of view of the backbone water transport and drainage channels of the national water network, a number of major inter-basin water diversion projects have been completed, such as connecting the Yangtze River and Huaihe River, connecting the Han River and Weihe River, and allocating water resources in the Pearl River Delta. At the same time, the water resources allocation around the Beibu Gulf, the backbone project of Jilin water network, the second phase of Huaihe River's waterway into the sea and other projects that have been demonstrated for many years have all started construction and are actively promoting the implementation of the projects.At the close of early trading, the main contracts of domestic futures rose more and fell less. Fuel oil rose by nearly 4%, coke, Shanghai nickel, low sulfur fuel oil (LU), SC crude oil and coking coal rose by over 2%, and glass, sugar, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and alumina rose by over 1%. In terms of decline, the European line of container transportation fell by more than 2%, and pigs fell by more than 1%.
Thai Prime Minister: Energy prices will fall next year.Spring Festival travel rush's first day train tickets will be sold on 31st of this month. The student booking service was launched today. It was learned from China State Railway Group Co.,Ltd. today (12th) that Spring Festival travel rush will be launched on 14th of January next year in 2025, and Spring Festival travel rush's first day train tickets will be sold on 31st of this month. In view of students booking tickets during Spring Festival travel rush, Railway 12306 launched a new function today.Thai Prime Minister: Energy prices will fall next year.
Thailand's consumer confidence index rose to 56.9 in November, boosted by stimulus measures, and Thailand's consumer confidence index rose from 56.0 to 56.9 in November.China's assets ETF and China Stock Exchange rose by nearly 5% when they were rich, China's assets ETF and China Stock Exchange rose by nearly 5% when they were rich, and China's ETF rose by nearly 5% when they were rich three times. China's overseas Internet ETF rose by nearly 2%; Bili Bili rose nearly 4%, Xpeng Motors rose nearly 3%, Pinduoduo and Baidu rose over 2%, and Ali and Weilai rose nearly 2%.Insurance stocks of Hong Kong stocks rose, with New China Life Insurance (01336.HK) rising by over 4%, China Life Insurance (02628.HK) rising by 3.6%, China Ping An (02318.HK) rising by over 3%, followed by People's Insurance Group of China (01339.HK) and China Pacific Insurance (02601.HK).