President of Georgia: I don't intend to leave the presidential palace after my term expires.Market News: Belarusian President Lukashenko approved the budget of Belarus in 2025.Barclays raised the target price of Hilton Hotels Group from $243.00 to $268.00.
The S&P 500 index fell, and the Nasdaq 100 index rose to 0.6%.Former US Speaker of the House of Representatives Pelosi was injured in Luxembourg and was taken to the hospital. On December 13th, local time, former US Speaker of the House of Representatives nancy pelosi was injured while attending an official event in Luxembourg and was taken to the hospital for evaluation. It is reported that Pelosi is currently being treated by doctors and medical professionals and continues to work.NVIDIA position stock SoundHound AI soared nearly 16% in intraday trading, and has risen over 650% year-to-date, far exceeding NVIDIA's growth rate.
New york cocoa futures rose more than 4% to $11,296 a tonne.US Secretary of State Blinken visited Baghdad to discuss the Syrian issue with Iraqi Prime Minister. On December 13th, local time, US Secretary of State Blinken visited the Iraqi capital Baghdad and held talks with Iraqi Prime Minister Al-Sudani on the Syrian issue. The State Council has not announced the itinerary of Blinken's visit before.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.