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India's SENSEX30 index opened 0.06% lower at 81,476.76 points. Among the constituent stocks, State Power of India opened 0.79% higher, Mahengda Information Technology rose 0.56%, and Tata Motors rose 0.5%; In terms of decline, HDFC BANK opened 0.74% lower, Bharti Telecom fell 0.68%, and Unilever of India fell 0.53%.Trader: The Indian central bank is suspected of selling dollars near the level of 84.86 against Indian Rupee.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.

Pakistan KSE-100 index rose 0.5% to 111,504.90.The four-door version of Wuling Hongguang MINIEV was opened for booking. On December 12th, the four-door version of Wuling Automobile Official Xuan Hongguang MINIEV was officially opened for booking. The car has three color schemes, four doors and four seats, with a body size of 3256*1510*1578mm and a wheelbase of 2190 mm.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.

Openai: the downtime failures of API, CHATGPT and SORA have been basically fixed. We are monitoring the situation to ensure that the downtime is fully resolved.Ma Huateng People's Daily wrote: Promote the healthy and sustainable development of the digital economy. Ma Huateng said in the People's Daily that Tencent, as a digital technology enterprise, actively responded to the deployment of the country to expand domestic demand and actively explored the development of digital consumption. By optimizing consumer tools such as WeChat payment, the company tries to create and serve effective demand and promote economic cycle by testing the e-commerce business such as live delivery of water video numbers. At the same time, Tencent relies on the WeChat ecosystem to enhance the absorption and friendliness of employment and entrepreneurship. Last year, it provided employment income opportunities for more than 50 million people. In the future, Tencent will also increase investment, devote itself to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, and jointly contribute to the stable and healthy development of China's economy with the vast number of private enterprises.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.