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US stocks closed mixed. Broadcom rose more than 24%, and its market value broke through one trillion dollars. US stocks closed mixed. The Dow fell 0.20%, falling for the seventh consecutive trading day, the Nasdaq rose 0.12%, and the S&P 500 index was flat. This week, the Dow fell 1.82%, the S&P 500 index fell 0.64% and the Nasdaq rose 0.34%. Broadcom rose more than 24%, and its market value exceeded $1 trillion for the first time. Broadcom's AI revenue increased by 220% to US$ 12.2 billion this year. It is estimated that the revenue of AI products will increase by 65% in the first fiscal quarter of fiscal year 2025. Maiwell Technology rose nearly 11%, and its share price reached a record high, because its big competitor Broadcom released an optimistic revenue forecast. TSMC rose by 5%. According to industry sources, TSMC is committed to integrating CoWoS and SiPh, seeking to launch co-packaged optical devices (CPO) in 2026. In addition, Apple cooperates with Broadcom to develop AI chips, and TSMC's advanced process will welcome big orders again. Tesla rose more than 4%, continuing to hit a record high. The report said that the Trump transition team proposed to abolish the current general order requiring automakers to report accidents related to autonomous driving systems.The European stock "Ocean's Eleven" | Novo Nordisk closed down about 3.9%, with a cumulative drop of over 4% this week. On Friday (December 13th), ASML Holdings Amsterdam's share price (ASML.NA) closed up 0.64% to 687.70 euros, up 1.49% this week. NOVOB.DC, the share price of Novo Nordisk Copenhagen, closed down 3.89% to 754.00 (Danish kroner), down 4.01% this week. Sanofi closed down 1.68%, 3.34% tired this week; LVMH Group fell by 1.08% and rose by 1.32% this week; AstraZeneca fell by 0.95% and fell by 1.75% this week; Roche Pharmaceuticals fell 0.9%, down 1.48% this week; Novartis Pharmaceuticals fell 0.36%, down 2.30% this week; GlaxoSmithKline fell 0.34%, down 1.08% this week; L 'Oré al fell by 0.33%, and fell by 0.07% this week; Germany SAP SAP fell by 0.19%, and this week it rose by 0.12%. Nestle rose 0.37% and fell 0.77% this week.Trump proposed that the EU send peacekeepers to Ukraine. On the 12th, the US Wall Street Journal quoted people familiar with the matter as saying that US President-elect Trump had proposed that EU member states send peacekeepers to Ukraine to monitor a possible ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia. The article said that on the 7th, during his talks with French President Macron and Ukrainian President Zelensky, Trump said that Europe should play a major role in monitoring the ceasefire, and the United States would not send troops to participate. According to the report, the proposal is still in its early stage, and it is still unclear which countries will participate, how many troops will be sent and what role the United States will play in it. At the same time, it is also unknown whether EU countries can deploy soldiers to participate in the mission and whether they can get domestic political support. However, according to informed sources, Trump is not obsessed with any specific plan to end the conflict, and he has not thought deeply about this issue at present.

Italian President: The escalation of violence against civilians in Gaza is unacceptable. On December 13th, local time, Italian President Mattarella and Italian Prime Minister meloni respectively met with visiting Palestinian President Abbas in Rome. During the meeting, Italian President Mattarella said that the escalating violence against civilians, women and children in Gaza was unacceptable. Italy is committed to a real ceasefire in Gaza and hopes to realize the "two-state solution" immediately.International precious metal futures generally closed down, COMEX gold futures fell 1.61% to US$ 2,665.9 per ounce, and COMEX silver futures fell 1.96% to US$ 31 per ounce.Chicago wheat futures fell more than 1.1%, US demand fell, and global supply was strong. In late new york on Friday (December 13th), the Bloomberg Grain Sub-index fell 0.71% to 31.5695 points, and this week it has fallen 0.09%. CBOT corn futures fell 0.23% to $ 4.42-1/2 a bushel, up 0.57% this week. CBOT wheat futures fell 1.16% to $5.52/bushel, down 0.72% this week. CBOT soybean futures fell 0.77% to 9.95-1/2 USD/bushel, down 0.25% this week; Soybean meal futures fell by 1.21%, and fell by 0.67% this week, while soybean oil futures fell by 0.07% and fell by 0.65% this week.

US stocks "Seven Sisters" | Tesla rose more than 4.3%, and Apple hit a record high. NVIDIA fell about 6% this week. On Friday (December 13), in "Magnificent 7", NVIDIA fell 2.25%, and this week it fell 5.75%. Meta Platforms fell by 1.66%, with a cumulative decline of 0.55% this week, and rose by 0.91%, 2.71% and 8.61% in the previous three weeks; Google A fell by 1.11% and rose by 8.77% this week, after rising by 2.54% and 3.41% in the previous two weeks. Amazon fell 0.66% and rose 0.19% this week, barely holding the performance of rising 5.46% and 9.21% in the previous two weeks; Microsoft fell 0.51% and rose 0.83% this week, after rising 0.68%, 1.55% and 4.75% in the previous three weeks. Apple closed up 0.07%, reaching a record high of $248.13, with a closing market value of $3.75 trillion, up 2.18% this week, and up 2.16%, 3.25% and 2.32% in the previous three weeks. Tesla rose by 4.34%, reaching a record closing high of $436.23, with a closing market value of $1.40 trillion. This week, it rose by 12.8%, continuing the performance of rising by 12.77% last week. In addition, AMD closed down 2.83%, Berkshire Hathaway Class B shares fell 0.16%, Lilly Pharmaceuticals rose 0.87%, and TSMC ADR rose 4.98%.Barclays lowered the target price of MGM International Hotel Group from 50.00 to 46.00.Barclays lowered the target price of MGM International Hotel Group from 50.00 to 46.00.